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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

where [wεər]
  1. 1. adverb (in or to what place) 在哪里
    Where's Jane?
    简在哪里？
  2. 2. conjunction (the place in which) 哪里
    Do you know where he is?
    你知道他在哪里吗？
    People looked to see where the noise was coming from.
    人们想弄清噪音是从哪里传来的。
  3. 3. conjunction (relating to phase) 在...阶段
    The government is at a stage where it is willing to talk.
    政府正处于乐于进行会谈的阶段。
    That's where you're wrong!
    那就是你的错误所在！
  4. 4. conjunction (whereas) 然而
    Sometimes a teacher will be listened to, where a parent might not.
    有时老师的话听得进去，而父母的可能就不行了。
    where are you from?
    你是哪里人？
    where will it all end?
    到哪儿才是个头？
    this is where...
    [lit] 这是...的地方
  5. 5. conjunction [fig] 这是...之处
    where possible
    如有可能的话

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

where [hwεr] [wεə]
  1. 1. adverb 在哪里；在何处
    Where is the car?
    汽车在哪里?
  2. 2. adverb 向哪里；到哪里
    Where did he go?
    他到哪里去了?
  3. 3. adverb 在…情况下
    Where will we be if we lose?
    如果我们输了，我们将怎么办呢?
  4. 4. adverb 在哪一方面；在哪一点上
    Where is she to blame?
    她有什么地方可以责怪的呢?
  5. 5. adverb 从哪里；自何处
    Where did you get your information?
    你的消息是从哪儿来的?
  6. 6. conjunction 在…地方
    He knows where they are.
    他知道他们在什么地方。
  7. 7. conjunction 在该处；在那里
    We came home, where we had dinner.
    我们到家就吃饭。
  8. 8. conjunction 在…的地方或情况
    He is where he should be.
    他在坚守自己的岗位。
  9. 9. conjunction 在那方面；在那种情况下；那样
    There is never peace where men are greedy.
    在人们贪婪的情况下是永远不会有安宁的。
  10. 10. conjunction 到…要去的地方
    The bus will take you where you're going.
    公共汽车将把你送到你要去的地方。
  11. 11. conjunction 到…的地方
    She never goes where she's not wanted.
    她从不去不需要她去的地方。
  12. 12. conjunction 到任何地方
    Go where you please.
    你高兴到哪里就到哪里。
  13. 13. conjunction [verbal] 【同义词】whereas
  14. 14. pronoun 在…的地方；到…的地方
    He lives two miles from where he works.
    他住在离他工作地点两英里的地方。
  15. 15. pronoun 哪里
    Where do you come from?
    你从哪里来? 你是哪里人?
  16. 16. noun 地点；场所
    to announce the when and where of the marriage
    宣布结婚的时间和地点

Collins English-English Dictionary

where [wεə]
  1. 1. adv in, at, or to what place, point, or position?
    where are you going?
  2. 2. adv (used in indirect questions)
    I don't know where they are
  3. 3. adv in, at, or to which (place)
    the hotel where we spent our honeymoon
  4. 4. adv [subordinating] in the place at which
    where we live it's always raining
  5. 5. n [usually plural] a question as to the position, direction, or destination of something
  6. 6. n [Etymology] Old English hwær, hwar(a); related to Old Frisian hwer, Old Saxon, Old High German hwar, Old Norse, Gothic hvar
  7. 7. n [Usage] It was formerly considered incorrect to use where as a substitute for in which after a noun which did not refer to a place or position, but this use has now become acceptable: we now have a situation where/in which no further action is needed
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Examples

where two streets cross one another
在两条街互相交错的地方，十字路口，十字街头 → cross
Where else can I go?
我还能去别的什么地方吗? → else
the exact spot where I put it
正是我把它放置的(确切)地点 → exact
where the road forks
岔路口 → fork
turn left where the road jogs
在路急转弯的地方向左拐 → jog
Let me see, where did I put it?
让我想想，我把这个放到哪里去了? → see
Where did you buy that thing?
你在哪儿买到那件东西? → thing
Where in thunder is he?
他究竟在哪里呢? → thunder
the when and where of his arrest
他被捕的时间和地点 → when
Where is the car?
汽车在哪里? → where
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