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someone's whereabouts
常与所有格连用，表示某人的具体位置。
The police are trying to determine his whereabouts.
警方正试图确定他的下落。
下落；行踪；所在位置
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下落；行踪；所在位置
The place or general area where someone or something is.
The police are trying to determine his whereabouts.
警方正试图确定他的下落。
位置；所在地。
A location; where something is situated.
某物的大致位置
the general location where something is
精英运动员未来行踪信息,提供给反兴奋剂机构进行赛外随机检测。
Information about an elite athlete's future whereabouts, supplied to antidoping authorities to facilitate random out-of-competition testing.
The police are still investigating the whereabouts of the lost child.
警方仍在调查失踪儿童的下落。
AI contextual example
He refused to give his exact whereabouts to the reporter.
他拒绝向记者透露他的确切行踪。
AI contextual example
The dog's whereabouts were unknown for two days before it returned home.
这只狗下落不明两天后才回到家。
AI contextual example
I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime
我盘问了他案发当晚的行踪。
WordNet
常与所有格连用，表示某人的具体位置。
The police are trying to determine his whereabouts.
警方正试图确定他的下落。
后接名词，强调事物或人所在之处。
We are concerned about the whereabouts of the missing documents.
我们担心丢失文件的下落。
表示询问具体位置，常用动词 inquire, ask, know 等。
She called to inquire about his whereabouts.
她打电话询问他的下落。
常作表语或定语，表示位置未知。
The suspect remains with unknown whereabouts.
嫌疑人的下落仍然不明。
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Whereabouts is he?
Use this
Where is he?
whereabouts是名词，不能像疑问词where一样直接用于问句。应使用where询问地点。
Not this
I know a whereabouts of him.
Use this
I know his whereabouts.
whereabouts是不可数名词，通常不与不定冠词a连用，而应与定冠词the或物主代词搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
确定下落
The police are trying to determine the whereabouts of the suspect.
警方正试图确定嫌疑人的下落。
知道下落
Do you know the whereabouts of my keys?
你知道我的钥匙在哪里吗？
发现下落
After months of searching, they finally discovered the whereabouts of the lost hiker.
经过数月的搜寻，他们终于发现了失踪徒步者的下落。
下落不明
The missing person's whereabouts remain unknown.
失踪者的下落仍然不明。
当前下落
The authorities are monitoring his current whereabouts.
当局正在监控他当前的下落。
确切下落
The exact whereabouts of the treasure have never been revealed.
宝藏的确切下落从未被披露。
你知道阿不思·邓布利多的下落吗？
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dolores Umbridge asks Harry this question to intimidate him.
在《哈利·波特与凤凰社》中，多洛雷斯·乌姆里奇问哈利这个问题以恐吓他。
我们不知道小丑的下落。
In The Dark Knight, Commissioner Gordon says this to Batman while discussing the Joker's escape.
在《黑暗骑士》中，戈登警长在讨论小丑逃脱时对蝙蝠侠说了这句话。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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where（哪里）+ abouts（关于）→ 关于哪里的位置，即下落。
语域：neutral 常见场景：missing persons、police reports、general conversation 通常用于正式或半正式语境，如警方报告或新闻报道，但在日常对话中询问某人的下落时也比较常见。
常用结构 the whereabouts of sb/sth，注意主语为单数时谓语用单数，但因whereabouts形式上常作复数，实际使用中常视为单数。
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