whom的双解释义

1. 谁（who 的宾格）
2. ...的人

1. (who的宾格)谁 what or which person(s)

1.(用于疑问句，询问人的姓名或身份)谁
You usewhom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.

e.g. 'I want to send a telegram.' — 'Fine, towhom?'...
“我想发份电报。”——“好的，发给谁？”
e.g. Whom did he expect to answer his phone?...
他希望由谁来接电话？

2.(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 usewhom 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.

e.g. He askedwhom I'd told about his having been away...
他问我把他曾离开的消息告诉过谁。
e.g. He likes to knowwhom you've met...
他想知道你见了谁。

3.(用于进行限定说明或提供更多信息的关系从句的句首)
You usewhom 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.

whom的近义词

e.g. One writer inwhom 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。
e.g. The Homewood residentswhom 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。

1. To whom did you give the book?
   你把书交给谁啦?
2. The man whom〔that, who〕 I saw is called Smith.
   我见到的那个人叫史密斯。
3. These new neighbors, to whom I was introduced yesterday, have come here from Singapore.
   这些新邻居是从新加坡来的,昨天我被介绍同他们认识了。
4. I don't know whom to give it to.
   我不知道给谁。
5. He is the man (whom) they understood to be extremely rich.
   他就是那个他们认为腰缠万贯的人。

• 'Whom the gods love die young' was said of yore.

  出自：Byron

• Younger ladies to whom Cynthia sold her horses.

  出自：M. Keane

• His wife and daughter whom he had come..to spend Easter with.

  出自：W. S. Maugham

• My brother whom I scarcely knew.

  出自：J. Rhys

• To whom would you award Bessarabia?

  出自：O. Manning

• The servant, whom I believe to be a good girl.

  出自：B. Bainbridge

1. whom是who的宾格,在正式文体中常作宾语,用作疑问代词或连接代词时非正式文体往往用主格代替,若紧跟在介词之后则只能用whom。若在从句中用作表语则只能用who,不能用whom。
2. whom用作关系代词引出定语从句修饰指人的先行词时意思是“他,她,他们”,在定语从句中作宾语,通常被省略或用who, that代替。
3. whom用于非性定语从句中作动词或介词的宾语时不能省略。
4. whom后接由动词to be〔to- v〕 构成的复合宾语时,不能用who来代替,且不能省略。