单词 | whom |
释义 | whom/hu:m/ pron (1)谁(what person or people)(fml)(作疑问词): W~did they invite/want to see? 他们邀请了/想见谁? W~do you suggest I should ask? 你建议我问谁?To~shall I report/refer the matter? 我应该向谁报告/提交这件事? By~was the speech given? 是谁做的演讲? (2)那个(些)人(that person or those people)(fml)(作关系词):She was a girl~it was difficult to know well. 她是个难以完全了解的女孩。He is the man for~I have immense respect/to~you referred. 他是我非常尊敬的人/你提到的人。She was engaged to a lawyer,~she met on the trip. 她与一位律师订了婚,她是在旅途中结识这位律师的。She had thirteen children,eight of~lived to grow up. 她有13个孩子,其中8个长大成人。We don't know~to invite/to believe. 我们不知道要邀请谁/相信谁。They exchanged views on the question of~to elect. 他们就选举谁的问题交换了看法。 【用法】whom 是一个非常正规的字,在日常语言中很少使用。who在日常语言中常常用作宾语,尤用于疑问句中,如:Who did you meet?(你遇见了谁?)Who did you speak to?(你跟谁说话了?)然而在介词后面必须使用whom,如:To whom did you speak it ?(你对谁讲了这件事?)这种用法极为正规,尤见于书面语中。在限定性定语从句中,whom往往省去不用,或用who或that代替,如:The friend(whom/who/that) I hadn't seen for ages came to see me yesterday.(我很久没有见的那位朋友昨天来看我了。)而在非限定性关系从句中,不可省略,多用 whom(或who),也不可用that代替,如:The friend,whom/who I hadn't seen for ages,came to see me yesterday.(那位朋友昨天来看我了,我们已很久没有见面。) |
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