[高中] 遠東版課本句子

[xflute (光影之間)]

B6, L10  奈米科技的那課

有句 :

The really exciting potential of nanotech lies in the future,

where scientists hope to build complete devices that operate
^^^^^
at the atomic level.



句中的 where 我總覺得很奇怪，

如果是指future，是時間上的概念，不是應該用when嗎??


有人可以舉出類似 future where…的例子嗎??  謝謝!!!

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推 zofloya:基本上英文用"in" the future就是把時間當成空間的概念了
→ dunchee:"我總覺得..."-> 這種表達方式的文章/書籍你少接觸的關係
→ dunchee:http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/where
→ dunchee:-> 3 ...\
→ dunchee:http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/where
→ dunchee:> 2 ...       (你自行推導)
→ dunchee:例子方面，http://books.google.com (專找英文出版品) or
→ dunchee:語料庫 http://ppt.cc/QoYl
→ dunchee:(最好讀一段內容，自己按照context去體會那意思/用法)
→ dunchee:http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/future_2
→ dunchee:-> 3 ....