case, condition, situation, position, point, stage 等名词后接where 引出的定语从句小议 不久前，下面这道题引发了我们对stage 作先行词之后的定语从句引导词的问题以及其它类似定于从句的探讨， 先看一道题: the conflict had developed into a stage ______ the two countries were gathering big troops on the border. （2009 学年第二学期浙东北（zdb）三校期中联考高二英语试卷（2010.05）） a. where b. when c. which d. that 本题到底是选a 还是选b？关键问题在于对先行词stage 的理解，根据《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》（第七版）简作（oald）的解析：stage: a period of state that sb./sth. passes through while developing or making progress. 既可以理解为事件“(进展或进展的)阶段， 状态”; 又可以理解为“时期”。而上题中作“阶段”或“时期”都理解的通。 再看stage 的用法; *stage 名词 n. [c] 1.舞台 some girls are dancing on the stage. 一些女孩在舞台上跳舞。 2.注意中心,活动舞台,场所 3.(进展的)阶段;时期 a caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly. 表示这些意思时，当stage 作先行词后有定语从句时，。 例句：1.表地点: the stage where the girls are going to dance is in the gym. 2.表时期: the stage when he is preparing for his study is really important. 不同的叙述： ①当先行词为case，condition，situation，position，point，stage等名词，表示情况、方面、处境时用关系副词where. ②当先行词是case, condition, situation, position, point, stage 等名词时，表示情况、方面、处境时，用关系副词where.但先行词是occasion时，用关系副词when. ③当 situation, condition, stage, point，scenes 做先行词时，用 where 引导定语从句 ④先行词通常是 time, day, season, age, occasion 等时间名词时其后的定语从句用when引导. 事实上, 当先行词 occasion, point, stage等名词是表示时间节点的时候，其后的定语从句就用when引导，在从句中作时间状语. 例如： 1. i can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health.（oald） 我记得他因健康不佳而被迫取消的情况...
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