to where 是什么意思

有朋友在“答疑中心”問，…he goes to where the Polar Bears are 中的 to where 是什么用法（問題見www.hz123456.com/GuestBook/Guest_Reply.asp?TopicID=1432）。我們特請本站特約作者陳根花老師解答如下：

這里的 to where 可視為 to the place where 的省略形式。這樣的用法在英語中很普遍，請看以下出自詞典的例句（注意體會其前省略的the place）：

He walked across to where I was sitting. 他走到我坐的地方。——摘自《朗文當代英語辭典》(2003年第4版)

He returned to where he had hitched his horse. 他回到他拴馬的地方。——摘自《新牛津英語雙解大詞典》

He came quite close to where I was hiding. 他走到非常靠近我藏身的地方。——摘自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》(1989年第四版)

She hurried back to where he was waiting for her. 她匆忙趕回到他等她的地方。——摘自《麥克米倫英漢雙解詞典》

Compared to where I used to work, this place is paradise. 跟我原來工作的地方相比，這個地方已是天堂了。——摘自《麥克米倫高階英語詞典》

His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born. 為了尋找文化認同感，他回到了父母的出生地。——摘自《牛津英語搭配詞典》

The accident happened right next to where we were standing. 事故就發生在我們所站位置的旁邊。——摘自《美國傳統英漢雙解學習詞典》

Alison mingled for a while and then went to where Douglas stood with John. 艾利森去應酬了一會兒，然后走到道格拉斯和約翰站著的地方。——摘自《柯林斯Cobuild高階英漢雙解學習詞典》