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where/ wherever

问

They must go $\left\{\begin{array}{l}where\\ wherever\end{array}\right\}$ we send them.

请问上句中的 where 与 wherever 在语义和用法上有什么区别？

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：

I'll drive you where you're going. 我开车把你送到你去的地方。
Put it where we can see it. 把它放在我们看得到的地方。
Sit wherever you like. 你愿意坐哪儿就坐哪儿。
We'll go wherever you say. 你说去哪儿,我们就去哪儿。

练习

I have kept that portrait ____ I can see it every day, as it always reminds me of my university days in London.
1. A
  which
2. B
  where
3. C
  whether
4. 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.
1. A
  which
2. B
  that
3. C
  what
4. D
  where(全国四级,98.1-40)