where

where
interrogative adverb
  1. in or to what place or position
    在哪里；到哪里
    where do you live?.
    您住在哪里？。
    [with prep.]I wonder where they will take us to.
    我不知道他们将带我们到哪儿去。
    ■in what direction or respect
    往哪里；在哪一方面
    where does the argument lead?.
    这个论点导向哪里？。
    ■in or from what source
    从哪里
    where did you read that?.
    你从哪儿读到那个的？。
    ■in or to what situation or condition
    处于何种情况（或地步）；到何种情况（或地步）
    just where is all this leading us?.
    这一切要将我们引向何处？。
relative adverb
  1. at, in, or to which (used after reference to a place or situation)
    在那里；到那里（用在地点或情况先行词之后）
    I first saw him in Paris, where I lived in the early sixties.
    我第一次见他时是在巴黎，60年代初我住在那里。
  2. the place or situation in which
    在那里；在那种情况下
    this is where I live.
    这是我的住处。
    ■in or to a place or situation in which
    在（或到）那里；在那种情况下
    sit where I can see you.
    坐在我能看见你的地方。
    where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low.
    只要与人有关，他就容易感到厌烦。
    ■in or to any place in which; wherever
    任何地方；无论哪里
    he was free to go where he liked.
    他想去哪儿就去哪儿。
语源
  1. Old English hwr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waar and German wo
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