whom

pronoun
🔊/huːm/
🔊/huːm/
(formal)
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  1. used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition(代替 who,用作动词或介词的宾语)谁,什么人
    • Whom did they invite?他们邀请谁了?🔊🔊
    • To whom should I write?我应该把信写给谁?🔊🔊
    • The author whom you criticized in your review has written a reply.你在评论中批评的那位作者已经回信答复了。🔊🔊
    • Her mother, in whom she confided, said she would support her unconditionally.她向母亲坦露心扉,母亲说将无条件地支持她。🔊🔊
    Grammar Point whomwhom
    • Whom is not used very often in spoken English. Who is usually used as the object pronoun, especially in questions:在口语中,whom 不常用,通常用 who 作宾格代词,尤其在疑问句中
      • Who did you invite to the party?你邀请了哪些人来参加聚会?
    • The use of whom as the pronoun after prepositions is very formal:whom 作代词置于介词后的用法非常正式
      • To whom should I address the letter?这封信我该写给谁呢?
      • He asked me with whom I had discussed it.他问我和谁讨论过此事。
      In spoken English it is much more natural to use who and put the preposition at the end of the sentence:在口语中,疑问词用 who,将介词置于句末更自然
      • Who should I address the letter to?这封信我该写给谁呢?
      • He asked me who I had discussed it with.他问我和谁讨论过此事。
    • In defining relative clauses the object pronoun whom is not often used. You can either use who or that, or leave out the pronoun completely:在限定性关系从句中,宾格代词 whom 不常用,可用 who 或 that 或干脆省去代词
      • The family (who/​that/​whom) I met at the airport were very kind.我在机场遇见的这家人非常友好。
    • In non-defining relative clauses who or, more formally, whom (but not that) is used and the pronoun cannot be left out:在非限定性关系从句中,要用 who 或更正式的 whom(但不能用 that),而且此代词不能省略
      • Our doctor, who/​whom we all liked very much, retired last week.我们的医生上周退休了,我们都很爱戴他。
      This pattern is not used very much in spoken English.此句型在英语口语中不很常用。