to where用法分析

这里的 to where 可视为 to the place where 的省略形式。这样的用法在英语中很普遍，请看以下出自词典的例句（注意体会其前省略的the place）：

He walked across to where I was sitting. 他走到我坐的地方。——摘自《朗文当代英语辞典》(2003年第4版)

He returned to where he had hitched his horse. 他回到他拴马的地方。——摘自《新牛津英语双解大词典》

He came quite close to where I was hiding. 他走到非常靠近我藏身的地方。——摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》(1989年第四版)

She hurried back to where he was waiting for her. 她匆忙赶回到他等她的地方。——摘自《麦克米伦英汉双解词典》

Compared to where I used to work, this place is paradise. 跟我原来工作的地方相比，这个地方已是天堂了。——摘自《麦克米伦高阶英语词典》

His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born. 为了寻找文化认同感，他回到了父母的出生地。——摘自《牛津英语搭配词典》

The accident happened right next to where we were standing. 事故就发生在我们所站位置的旁边。——摘自《美国传统英汉双解学习词典》

Jackie and Ben came to a joint decision as to where they would live.

关于他们将住哪里是杰姬和本共同决定的。

He pointed to where the village lay.

他指了指村子所在的方向。

I got up and walked over to where he was.

我起身走到他那边。

She and her child boarded a plane headed to where her family lived

她带着孩子登上了一架回家的飞机。

The UN was supposed to be getting aid to where it was most needed.

联合国应该把援助送到最需要的地方。

He weaved around the tables to where she sat with Bob

他绕过一张张桌子，走到她和鲍勃坐着的地方。

What you do for a living is critical to where you settle and how you live — and the converse is also true.

一个人的谋生手段对于其居住地的选择和生活方式来说有着至关重要的影响，反之亦然。

We belted down Iveagh Parade to where the motor was.

我们沿着艾维格大街一路飞奔到汽车那儿。

Alison mingled for a while and then went to where Douglas stood with John. 艾利森去应酬了一会儿，然后走到道格拉斯和约翰站着的地方。

——以上几例均摘自《柯林斯Cobuild高阶英汉双解学习词典》