核心畫面

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.

可以想成 where(哪裡)再加上 -ever 這個「隨便哪個都算」的尾巴:它把「哪裡」的門整個打開——任何一個地方更多收起可以想成 where(哪裡)再加上 -ever 這個「隨便哪個都算」的尾巴:它把「哪裡」的門整個打開——任何一個地方、每一個地方都算,到底是哪裡並不重要。這種「不限定是哪個地方」的感覺,是 wherever 幾種用法共同的底色。

Two branches

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)

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

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/

  • 1

    Where ever; an emphatic form of where.

    • Wherever have you been all my life?
  • 2

    informalIn, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.

    • I don't care what you do with it; just put it wherever.
    • Where do you want to have lunch? — Wherever; I don't mind.
  • 3

    The place (no matter where) in, at or to which.

    • He's back from wherever he's been hiding.
    • Go home to wherever you belong.

whereverconj/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/

  • 1

    Regardless of the place in, at or to which.

    • Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
    • Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
  • 2

    In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.

    • You can sit wherever you like.
    • I'd follow you wherever you went.
  • 3

    In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.

    • Add quotations wherever they are needed.
    • I see mistakes wherever I look.
  • 4

    Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.

    • She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。