核心问题
They must go we send them.
请问上句中的 where 与 wherever 在语义和用法上有什么区别?
词典解答
一般而论, where 从句表示特定的地点, 可改写为 to(at) the place where ... 而 wherever 从句表示非特定的地点, 可改写为 to(at) any place where ... 上面的两个句子应分别译为: 他们必须去我们派他们去的地方。
我们派他们去哪里,他们就得去哪里。
请对比:
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I'll drive you where you're going. 我开车把你送到你去的地方。
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Put it where we can see it. 把它放在我们看得到的地方。
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Sit wherever you like. 你愿意坐哪儿就坐哪儿。
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We'll go wherever you say. 你说去哪儿,我们就去哪儿。
练习题
请做下面的英语试题:
- I have kept that portrait ____ I can see it every day, as it always reminds me of my university days in London.
A. which B. where C. whether D. when(全国四级,96.1-49)
- Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded other more well-informed experimenters failed.
A. which B. that C. what D. where(全国四级,98.1-40)