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I Person Group Identity Clause Free 英 Huːm] 美

英语单词 whom
英美音标 英 [huːm] 美 [huːm]
中文释义 pron.[who的宾格]谁
英语例句 (1) I don't know whom he has in mind for the job.
(2) From whom did you learn that he was ill?
中文例句 (1) 我不知道他想让谁来做这项工作。
(2) 你从谁那儿知道他生病了?
柯林斯解释
Whom is used in formal or written English instead of ‘who’ when it is the object of a verb or preposition. 用作动词或介词的宾语时,whom 比 who 更加正式,且多用于书面语。
1
[QUEST 疑问词](用于疑问句,询问人的姓名或身份)谁 You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.
  • 'I want to send a telegram.' — 'Fine, to whom?'...

    “我想发份电报。”——“好的,发给谁?”

  • Whom did he expect to answer his phone?...

    他希望由谁来接电话?

  • 'You're too sensitive.' — 'Too sensitive for whom?'

    “你太敏感了。”——“对谁太敏感了?”

2
[CONJ-SUBORD 连词](尤用于某些动词和形容词后,引导谈论某人或某一群人的姓名或身份的从句)谁 You use whom after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the name or identity of a person or a group of people.
  • He asked whom I'd told about his having been away...

    他问我把他曾离开的消息告诉过谁。

  • He likes to know whom you've met...

    他想知道你见了谁。

  • I have resigned, and they have a free hand to appoint whom they like in my place.

    我已经辞职了,他们可以放开手脚任命他们喜欢的人来顶替我的位置。

3
[PRON-REL 关系代词](用于进行限定说明或提供更多信息的关系从句的句首) You use whom at the beginning of a relative clause when specifying the person or group of people you are talking about or when giving more information about them. →see usage note at:
who
  [oft prep PRON]
  • One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky...

    我感兴趣的其中一位作家是伊曼纽尔·韦利科夫斯基。

  • The Homewood residents whom I knew had little money and little free time.

    我所认识的霍姆伍德的居民没多少钱也没多少闲暇时间。

  • ...generations of women for whom work provided an escape from family life.

    通过工作来逃离家庭生活的一代又一代的女性

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