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问题: 关系副词where的高级用法

一般的用法就不讲了,网上到处都是这种,指代地点状语。
但是在英语中,WHERE 做关系副词时,还会指代一些象“状况,情形”等之类的情形,从严格的意义上来它,这些并非地点状语,请能否给予更详细的解释及更多的例句?
这里有一个从爱问上找到的:
This's a British showbiz tradition where popular acts performed to an audience which included the Queen.
这里似乎有一点错误:acts--actors,或performed--are performed
http://iask.sina.com.cn/b/15178924.html
我自己也想了一个例句,请大家给个意见:
It is that question where (over which) i argued with him for almost 2 hours.
谢谢。
注:谢绝普通用法。
知识最重要,满分相谢。

解答:

为你贡献几个特殊用法:

一、a year where ...

"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year WHERE you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country." (Bill Clinton于2008年3月的演讲)

说明:在此,where = in which,它修饰前面的一段时间 an election year. "a year where" 为习惯性用法,这时不说 "a year when"。

where 前面是时间词的还有一些,但上面一句比较典型。

二、idea where ...

“People in the U.S. are incredibly suspicious of any idea WHERE people are not going to own cars, or are going to own fewer,” said David Ceaser, co-founder of CarFree City USA.

说明:在此,不用“that”是因为 where 引导的句子“不”是 idea的同位语从句。在此,同样,where = in which。"an idea" 是由多个部分组成的,引导的从句是 idea 内的组成部分。


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