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）。

同根派生

用法辨析

pron. (代词)

• 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。

英汉例句

用作代词 (pron.)

• To whom did you give the book?
  你把书交给谁啦?

词组短语

短语

• Whom love 被谁爱着
• whom you 于你认识谁
• With whom 与谁在一起
• Whom Sadly 为之黯然
• of whom 是介词提前的定语从句;是“介词

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• used instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.