where
adverb /weə(r)/
/wer/
在哪里;到哪里;处于哪种情形 - Where do you live?
你住在哪儿? - I wonder where they will take us to.
我不知道他们要把我们带到哪里去。 - Where (= at what point) did I go wrong in my calculations?
我计算中什么地方出了差错? - Where (= in what book, newspaper, etc.) did you read that?
你在哪儿读到这个的? - Just where (= to what situation or final argument) is all this leading us?
这一切到底是要将我们引向何处?
Homophones ware | wear | whereware wear where/weə(r)//wer/- ware noun
- The products include porcelain and ceramic ware.
产品包括瓷器和陶瓷制品。
- The products include porcelain and ceramic ware.
- wear verb
- Don't wear that jacket—it's far too big!
别穿那件夹克——它太大了!
- Don't wear that jacket—it's far too big!
- wear noun
- Comfortable and smart, this jacket is suitable for office wear.
这件夹克既舒适又时髦,适合办公室穿着。
- Comfortable and smart, this jacket is suitable for office wear.
- where adverb
- Where are you going on your next adventure?
你下一次冒险去哪里?
- Where are you going on your next adventure?
- where conjunction
- He was free to go where he liked.
他想去哪儿就去哪儿。
- He was free to go where he liked.
- Where do you live?
(用于表示地点或情况的词语后)在那(地方),到那(地方) - It's one of the few countries where people drive on the left.
这是为数不多的几个靠左行驶的国家之一。
- It's one of the few countries where people drive on the left.
在那里;在该处;在该情况下 - We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years.
我们随后移居巴黎,在那里住了六年。
- We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years.
词源Old English hwǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo.