whom
pronoun /huːm/
/huːm/
(formal)- 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?
- Who did you invite to the party?
- 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。
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。
- To whom should I address the letter?
- 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。
- The family (who/that/whom) I met at the airport were very kind.
- 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。
此句型在英语口语中不很常用。 - Our doctor, who/whom we all liked very much, retired last week.
- Whom did they invite?