用Where引导定语从句,先行词不一定都表示地点
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Where引导定语从句,先行词不一定都表示地点
1.
2.He was driving so fast as to get himself into a dangerous
situation ___he is likely to lose the control over his car.
1.
Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each
other is greater than your need for each other.
2.
Cheating is most likely in situations where the vital interests are
high and the chances of getting caught are low.
欺诈行为在这种情况下最有可能发生:利益重大,
而且欺诈行为被发现的可能性小。
3.
Until such time as mankind has the sense to lower its population to
the point where the planet can provide a comfortable support for
all, people
will have to accept more “unnatural
food”.除非人类能够意识到要把人口减少到这样的程度——使地球能为所有人提供足够的食物,否则人们将不得不接受更多的“人造食品”。
第一,即使先行词不是表示地点的词,定语从句也能够使用关系副词where来引导;
第二,上面三个例句中,
4. English is a fixed-word-order language where each phrase has a fixed position. 英语是一种“词序固定”的语言,这种语言的特点就是每个短语都有固定的位置。
点评:首先,我们来判断定语从句“each
phrase has a fixed
position”的结构:该从句并不缺少主语和宾语,但是缺少状语。其次,我们来看先行词:先行词是fixed-word-order
language, 它既不表示时间,也不表
示原因。由此可知,此处用where来指代先行词,表示“在‘词序固定’这样的语言中”。
5. At the Academy, Plato taught the students through the use of debates, where two or more people took different ideas of an argument. 在学院里,柏拉图采用的教学方法是组织辩论,在辩论中,两个或多个学生各持一方观点。
点评:首先,我们来判断定语从句“two
or morepeople took different ideas of an
argument”的句子结构:该从句不缺少主语和宾语,但是缺少状语。其次,我们来看先行词:先行词是debates,它既不是时间名词,也
不是原因名词。由此可知,此处应用where引导定语从句,表示“在辩论中”。
6. However, being enthusiastic isn't for everyone and no one likes false enthusiasm, where a person pretends to be excited even about small points.然而,热情并非适合每一个人,而且也没有人喜欢那种连区区小事都假装兴奋的假热情。
点评:首先,我们判断定语从句“a
person pretends to be excited even about
的地点意义。
用where引导的定语从句,先行词不一定是表示地点的名词,因为先行词也可能是含有抽象地点意义的名词。由此,我们总结如下: