situation后接where定語從句的用法與考題

名詞 situation 后有時可接where引導(dǎo)的定語從句，where大致相當(dāng)于 in which。如：

He got into a situation where it is hard to decide what is right and wrong. 他陷入一種難以分辨是非的局面。

If you risk something important, you cause it to be in a dangerous situation where you might lose it. 你如果拿重要的東西去冒險，那你就是將它置于一種可能會失去它的危險境地。

請看以下典型考題：

1. If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation _________it might be lost.

A. when            B. whose           C. which           D. where

2. The bosom of the family means the situation _________ you feel safe because you are with people who love and protect you.

3. When you are told “conduct yourself”, it means you should behave in a particular way, especially in a situation _________ people judge you by the way you behave.

A. when            B. whose           C. which           D. where

4. “To leave something hanging in the air” is an idiom, which means “to leave something in a situation _________ it has not been explained, completed, or dealt with”.

A. when            B. whose           C. which           D. where

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