[問題] 大全987-Q925

[hyt]

925. Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting the imposition of an alien tax on immigrant workers, after 1897 the United Mine Workers made a determined effort to enlist Italians and Slavs in its ranks.
(A) Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members by supporting
(B) Where once the union acquiesced to it English-speaking members’ prejudice for the support of
(C) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in support of
(D) While once the union acquiesced to its English-speaking members’ prejudice in supporting
(E) While once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English-speaking members in its supporting of
Ans:(A)

是否因為after帶了副詞子句,刪C,D,E?
B - it錯誤
請問Where怎麼的來呢?

[Pufa]

longman
where
used to talk about a particular stage in a process, conversation, story etc
The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point where he can walk correctly and safely.
You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is where I disagree.
Now, where were we? Oh yes, we were talking about John.

where跟while好像沒什麼差別 。

[Behemoth]

while通常用來表時間
where通常用來表地點,方面

[Pufa]

while通常用來表時間
where通常用來表地點,方面

B爺B爺，那這題的where該如何解釋 ？

[Behemoth]

表方面啊
代表這些工人努力的方向囉

[Pufa]

收到！
謝謝B爺

[Jen-Cheng]

還是不太懂這裡"where"的用法?有人可以再說的清楚一點嗎?

[yutsang_0611]

[longman] where 當連接詞
used to say that one person, thing, opinion etc is different from another
Where others might have been satisfied, Dawson had higher ambitions.

[longman] whereas
used to say that although something is true of one thing, it is not true of another
The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple.


我覺得這裡的where=whereas 有although表轉折的意思