whom
音标发音
- 英式音标 [huːm]
- 美式音标 [huːm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- pron.[who的宾格]谁
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的hwam,意为谁(宾格)。
用法辨析
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
pron. (代词)
英英字典
- used instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition
- You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.
- 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.
- 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.