where? 译成中文是什么？

where |weə(r), American hweər|

A.adverb

①(in what place)在哪里

where is my coat?

我的外套在哪里？

where did you read that?

你在哪儿读到这个的？

I forget where it is

我忘了在什么地方

I told him where he could put it

我告诉过他可以把它放在哪里

figurative slang 我让他收起那一套

②(to what place, to what point or situation)到哪里

where has he got to?

他到哪里了？

where are you going (to)?

你要去哪里？

ask him where he's headed

问问他去了哪儿

just where is all this leading us?

这一切到底要将我们引向何处？

where have you got to in your book?

你那本书看到哪了？

to know where one is goingfigurative

知道自己的目标

③(at what point)在哪一点上

where would I be if ...?

如果…，我会怎么样呢？

where does he figure in all this?

他在这一切中起什么作用呢？

where's the harm?

有什么害处呢？

where's the problem?

问题出在哪里呢？

I want to know where I stand

我想知道我的境况

④(in the place in which)在…地方 (to the place in which)到…地方

where the path divides

在路分叉的地方

the village where we live

我们生活的村庄

come where I can see you

到我能看到你的地方

it's cold where we live

我们住的地方很冷

it's not where you said

(not there)它不在你说的地方

(found elsewhere)它在别的地方

⑤(at or to the point at which)到…情况

I'm where I want to be in my life

我实现了我的人生追求

this thought brings me back to where I started

这股思绪让我回想起刚起步的时候

you don't get to where he is now without ...

如果不…你就不会取得他现在的地位

⑥(at which point)在…的情况下

to reach the stage where ...

达到…的阶段

to lead to a situation where ...

导致…的情况

in several cases where ...

在几种…的情况下

⑦(in whichever place)在任何地方 (to whichever place)到任何地方

put it where you want

你想放在哪儿就放在哪儿

⑧(in which place)在那里 (to which place)到那里

in London, where my brother lives

在伦敦，我哥哥住的地方

he lives in Canada, where he emigrated to when he was a boy

他住在加拿大，他小时候就移居到了那里

B.pronoun

①(what place)哪里

from where?

从哪里？

near where?

在哪附近？

②(the place that)…的地方

this is where it happened

这就是事发地

France is where you'll find good wine

法国是个出产好葡萄酒的地方

③(the point that)…的一点 (the stage that)…的阶段

that is where he's mistaken

那就是他的错误所在

here's where we learn the truth

我们就是从这一点得知真相的

from where I stand

从我的角度看

C.conjunction

①(in which situation)在…的情况下

where possible/appropriate

在可能/合适的情况下

where necessary

必要时

where children are at risk

当孩子们处于危险时

where there's a scandal, there's a reporter

哪里有丑闻哪里就有记者

②(whereas)然而

she likes dogs, where I prefer cats

她喜欢狗，可我更喜欢猫

摘自牛津英汉汉英词典