求助！！！Prep1-125，overseas到底是什么？

hermione0527

The computer company registered a $16 million net loss for the year, largely because it was profitable only overseas, where much of their profits were used for paying higher taxes, while continuing to lose money in North America.
(A) where much of their profits were used for paying higher taxes, while continuing
(B) where much of their profits went to pay higher taxes, as they continued
(C) where much of its profit went to pay higher taxes, while it continued
(D) with much of their profits going to pay higher taxes, while continuing
(E) with much of the profit used for paying higher taxes, as it continued

我明白这道题是如何选出正确答案的，但我在做这道题的时候，一下就排除了ABC，因为我觉得overseas是副词，不能用where指代。笔记上说overseas是名词，可我查的词典都没有名词的意思呀~请大牛指教~~

hermione0527

overseas可以是名词也可以是形容词也可以是副词。
但是在这个句子里明显是adv.啊。 可以用where指代因为这里where也是adv

-- by 会员 Kb24 (2011/4/29 11:02:44)

不太明白，where不是一般用来指一个地方吗？地方应该是名词呀。。。能说的详细些吗？谢谢~

Kb24

overseas可以是名词也可以是形容词也可以是副词。
但是在这个句子里明显是adv.啊。 可以用where指代因为这里where也是adv

hermione0527

顶上去~怎么没人来回答。。