Word · Frequency #8439
whereabouts
下落；行踪；所在位置
核心释义
The place or general area where someone or something is.
- 1.
位置；所在地。
A location; where something is situated.
- 2.
某物的大致位置
the general location where something is
- 3.
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.
（反兴奋剂）行踪申报；行踪信息；位置；所在地。；某物的大致位置；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。；下落
用法In use
The police are still investigating the whereabouts of the lost child.
用法提示：这里的whereabouts为名词，表示某人或某物的所在位置。
He refused to give his exact whereabouts to the reporter.
用法提示：whereabouts在此句中为名词，指一个人的所在之处。
The dog's whereabouts were unknown for two days before it returned home.
用法提示：whereabouts是名词，表示‘下落’。
I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- determine whereabouts
- 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。
- know whereabouts
- 知道下落
- Do you know the whereabouts of my keys?你知道我的钥匙在哪里吗？
- discover whereabouts
- 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。
- unknown whereabouts
- 下落不明
- The missing person's whereabouts remain unknown.失踪者的下落仍然不明。
- current whereabouts
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
where（哪里）+ abouts（关于）→ 关于哪里的位置，即下落。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
语法说明Grammar Note
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the /aʊ/ diphthong sound with the 'abouts' part of 'whereabouts' (/ˈwɛrəbaʊts/). 'About' and 'doubt' are the closest in sound, though 'whereabouts' has an extra syllable and final /ts/. Note that 'doubt' has a silent 'b' and its spelling does not include 'out'.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.