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Christmas began as a religious holiday but is only partly religious in most countries ( where it's celebrated) 句子意思明白，括号部分不懂，请问…能举几个范例解释下吗？

Answer 1

Christmas began as a religious holiday but is only partly religious in most countries where it's celebrated.
翻译:圣诞节开始时是一个宗、教节日，但在大多数庆祝圣诞节的国家，它只是部分宗、教节日。

where这里引导的是定语从句，比如说:
I know a garden where you can find wild strawberries.我知道一个可以找到野生草莓的花园。
This is the village where I was born.这是我出生的村庄。
This is the house where I lived two years ago.这是我两年前住的房子。

Answer 2

where引导的是定语从句，修饰前面的country，意思是：
在过圣诞节的国家里。
例如：This is the school where I study.
这就是我学习的学校。
this is the hospital where I was born.
这就是我出生的那家医院。

Answer 3

括号修饰前面的国家。意思是有庆祝圣诞节的国家。

Answer 4

Christmas began as a religious holiday but is only partly religious in most countries ( where it's celebrated) 句子意思明白，括号部分不懂，请问…能举几个范例解释下吗？
圣诞节本是一个宗教节日，但现在很多国家里不是教徒也过圣诞节。
其中，where it's celebrated是修饰countries的。where表示地点，it's celebrated是修饰where（译文: 国家）的，意思是“圣诞节被庆祝的/庆祝圣诞节的”。所以，整句话直译如下：圣诞节是作为一个宗教性节日开始的，但是，现在在很多庆祝圣诞节的国家里只是部分宗教性的一个节日。