whereabouts

noun

1. （人或物）所在的地方；下落；行踪
   the place where sb/sth is
   1. His whereabouts are/is still unknown.
      他仍下落不明。

adv.

1. （用以询问大概的地方）在什么地方，在哪里
   used to ask the general area where sb/sth is
   1. Whereabouts did you find it?
      你在哪儿找到它的？

Pronounced /'weərəbaʊts/ for meaning 1, and /ˌweərə'baʊts/ for meanings 2 and 3. 义项1读作 /'weərəbaʊts/，义项2和3读作 /ˌweərə'baʊts/。


1. N-SING-COLL (人或物的)行踪，下落，所在之处
   If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found.
   1. The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms...
      警方急盼任何可能知道这批武器下落的人提供线索。
   2. Once he knew his father's name, finding his whereabouts proved surprisingly easy.
      一旦他知道了父亲的名字，查找他父亲的下落就变得出奇地容易。
2. QUEST (用于疑问句)具体在哪里
   You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is.
   1. Whereabouts in Liverpool are you from?...
      你从利物浦什么地方来的？
   2. Whereabouts are you living?...
      你的详细住址是哪里？
   3. 'I actually live near Chester.' — 'Whereabouts?'
      “我实际上住在切斯特附近。”——“具体在哪里？”
3. CONJ-SUBORD (尤用于某些动词和形容词后，引导表示具体处所的从句)具体在哪里
   You use whereabouts after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause in which you mention precisely where something is situated or happens.
   1. I live in a village near to Germaine Greer and know whereabouts she lives.
      我住在杰曼·格里尔家附近的村子里，知道她具体住在哪儿。

1. She called Amy to see if she had any idea of her son's whereabouts. As it happened, Amy had.
   她打电话给埃米，看她是否知道自己儿子的行踪。埃米还真就知道。
2. He refused to divulge any information regarding the man's whereabouts.
   关于那个人的行踪他拒绝透露任何信息。
3. She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter
   她不肯透露她女儿的行踪。
4. We are currently trying to trace the whereabouts of certain sums of money
   我们目前正试图找到某些钱款的下落。
5. Once he knew his father's name, finding his whereabouts proved surprisingly easy.
   一旦他知道了父亲的名字，查找他父亲的下落就变得出奇地容易。
6. Whereabouts in Liverpool are you from?
   你从利物浦什么地方来的？
7. Whereabouts are you living?
   你的详细住址是哪里？
8. 'I actually live near Chester.' — 'Whereabouts?'
   “我实际上住在切斯特附近。”——“具体在哪里？”
9. I live in a village near to Germaine Greer and know whereabouts she lives.
   我住在杰曼·格里尔家附近的村子里，知道她具体住在哪儿。
10. Do you know her whereabouts?
    你知道她的下落吗？
11. His present whereabouts is unknown.; His whereabouts is uncertain.
    他目前下落不明。
12. His present whereabouts is unknown.
    他去处不明。
13. The investigation and inuquiry into the whereabouts of the art treasures took years of work.
    察访这些珍贵艺术品的下落花费了多年的时间。
14. His whereabouts have been utterly unknown so far.
    迄今他的下落全然未知。
15. The whereabouts of the missing child is still unknown.
    遗失的孩子还没有着落。
16. No clue to his whereabouts has been found.
    至今没有找到有关他行踪的线索。
17. The whereabouts of this man is unknown.
    这个人去向不明。
18. The present whereabouts of the child is unknown.
    那孩子目前下落不明。
19. Police have still found no clues as to the whereabouts of the missing woman.
    有关那个失踪妇女的下落，警方仍未发现任何线索。
20. Who knows his whereabouts?
    有谁知道他的去处？
21. How should I know his whereabouts?
    我怎么知道他的行踪？
22. Still there's no tip-off of his whereabouts.
    尽管如此仍然没有他行踪的警告。
23. We still have no information concerning her whereabouts.
    关于她的下落，我们仍无消息。
24. The suspect's whereabouts was still unknown to the police.
    警察仍然不知道嫌疑犯的下落。
25. Tell him if he discovers our whereabouts.
    告诉他如果他发现我们的行踪。
26. My embassy has been informed of my whereabouts.
    我的大使馆已经获悉了我的行踪。
27. How about the known whereabouts of the man who ruined your life?
    那个毁了你一生的男人的行踪怎么样？
28. The whereabouts of the colonel and his family are still unknown.
    卡扎菲上校和他的家人仍下落不明。
29. I don't suppose you know the whereabouts of my silver pen, do you?
    我想你不知道我银笔的下落，对吗？
30. There were no clues to his whereabouts, the fugitive had obviously gone to earth.
    逃犯的行踪一点线索也没有，显而易见，他已躲藏了起来。

noun

1. the general location where something is
   1. I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime