whom

英 [huːm] 美 [huːm]

• pron. [who的宾格]谁

双解释义

pron. (代词)

1. (who的宾格)谁

   what or which person(s)

详尽释义

pron. 代词

1. 谁（who 的宾格）
2. <古>...的人

例句

用作代词 (pron.)

1. I don't know whom he has in mind for the job.
   我不知道他想让谁来做这项工作。
2. From whom did you learn that he was ill?
   你从谁那儿知道他生病了？

常见句型

用作代词 (pron.)

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。

经典引文

• '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

词汇搭配

• to whom it may concern 敬启者
• you know whom 你知道是

词语用法

pron. (代词)

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用于非限制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。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的hwam，意为谁（宾格）。