| 词汇 | whom |
| 释义 | whom pronoun formaluk /huːm/ us /huːm/ B2 used instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition: （作宾语时代替 who） I met a man with whom I used to work.我碰见了个过去曾一起工作的人。 He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.他拿出了一张爱子的照片。 There were 500 passengers, of whom 121 drowned.500名乘客中共有121名溺水身亡。 To whom do you wish to speak?你想找谁接电话？ His strongest criticism is reserved for his father, whom he disliked intensely.他最厉害的批评是留给他强烈憎恨的父亲的。 They have two grown children, both of whom live abroad. He was very contemptuous of 'popular' writers, whom he described as having no talent.他很瞧不起“当红”作家，认为他们缺少才华。 Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn't seen for years, came to my sister's wedding.我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。 She disliked the president, whom she once described as an 'insufferable bore'.她不喜欢总裁，曾经说他是个“令人难以忍受的讨厌家伙”。 Linguistics: relative forms howsoever or that what whatever whence whenever where whereby whereof wheresoever wherever which whichever whomever whose whosoever wot GrammarQuestions: interrogative pronouns (what, who) We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. They are: who, which, whom, what and whose. These are also known as wh-words. Questions using these are called wh-questions: … Interrogative pronouns: uses We use who and whom on their own: … Relative pronouns Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause. … Relative pronouns: whom We use whom in formal styles or in writing to refer to people when the person is the object of the verb. It is much more common in writing than in speaking: … No relative pronoun In informal styles, we often leave out the relative pronoun. We only do this in defining relative clauses, and when the relative pronoun is the object of the verb. We don’t leave out the relative pronoun when it is the subject of the verb nor in non-defining relative clauses: … Relative pronouns: typical errors We can’t use that instead of who, whom or which in non-defining relative clauses: … Who, whom Who and whom are wh-words. We use them to ask questions and to introduce relative clauses. … Who as a question word We use who as an interrogative pronoun to begin questions about people: … Emphatic questions with whoever and who on earth We can ask emphatic questions using whoever or who on earth to express shock or surprise. We stress ever and earth: … Who in relative clauses We use who as a relative pronoun to introduce a relative clause about people: … Whom Whom is the object form of who. We use whom to refer to people in formal styles or in writing, when the person is the object of the verb. We don’t use it very often and we use it more commonly in writing than in speaking. … whom | American Dictionarywhom pronoun us/hum/ whompronoun (ADDING INFORMATION)used as the object of a verb or after a preposition when referring to a particular person or when adding information about a person just mentioned: The Kenyans have three runners in the race, any of whom could win. He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores. whompronoun (ASKING)used esp. in questions as the object of a verb or after a preposition, when asking which person or people, or when asking what someone’s name is: Of whom can it truly be said that they have never been dishonest? |
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