关系副词where的用法归纳

关系副词when主要用于修饰表示地点的名词，同时它在定语从句中用作时间状语。如：

This is the village where he was born. 这就是他出生的村子。

That's the hotel where we were staying last summer. 这就是我们去年夏天住的旅馆。

Barbary was working in Aubury, where she went daily in a bus. 巴巴拉在奥伯里工作，每天得坐公共汽车去上班。

与前面when的情况一样，注意不要一见到先行词为地点名词，就以为一定要用关系副词where来引导定语从句，同时还要看它在定语从句中充当什么成分——如果在定语从句中用作地点状语，就用where;如果在定语从句中不是用作时间状语，而是用作主语或宾语，那就不能用where，而要用that, which等。如：

He works in a factory that [which] makes TV sets. 他在一家电视机厂工作。

关系代词that / which在定语从句中用作主语。

另外注意，where有时还可用于抽象名词后引导定语从句。如：

We have reached a point where a change is needed. 我们到了必须改一改的地步。

There are cases where the word “mighty” is used as an adverb. 在一些情况下，mighty一词可用作副词。

He got into a situation where it is hard to decide what is right and wrong. 他陷入一种难以分辨是非的局面。

I don't want a job where I'm chained to a desk all day. 我不想找一份整天坐办公桌前的工作。