無論/每一個地方
這一組是核心用法:把「地點」放到不必挑明的位置,不管是哪裡、或凡是符合條件的每個地方,都一起涵蓋進去。
wherever (any place) · r · B1
To or at any place you choose or happen to be; it does not matter where.
無論哪裡
You can think of wherever as where + -ever: it takes 'where' and throws the door wide open — any place at all, every place, it doesn't matter which one.
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無論/每一個地方
這一組是核心用法:把「地點」放到不必挑明的位置,不管是哪裡、或凡是符合條件的每個地方,都一起涵蓋進去。
wherever (any place) · r · B1
To or at any place you choose or happen to be; it does not matter where.
無論哪裡
加強語氣的疑問與不確定
同一個「不限定哪裡」被拿來表達情緒:問句裡是驚訝地追問到底在哪,附帶語裡則是聳肩表示那地方我也不確定在哪。地點的不確定變成了語氣。
wherever (surprised question) · r · B1
Used at the start of a question to show that you are very surprised about where.
到底在哪裡(驚訝)
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
whereveradv/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
Where ever; an emphatic form of where.
informalIn, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
whereverconj/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。