whom
whom 英 [hu:m] 美 [hum]
pron. 谁（who的宾格）
Whom did they invite? 他们邀请谁了？
To whom should I write? 我应该把信写给谁？
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- pron. 谁（who的宾格）
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1. Whom did they invite?
他们邀请谁了？
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2. To whom should I write?
我应该把信写给谁？
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3. 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覆了。
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4. To whom should I address the letter?
这封信我该写给谁呢？
- whom (pron.) objective case of who, Old English hwam (Proto-Germanic *hwam), dative form of hwa (from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns). Ungrammatical use of who form whom is attested from c. 1300.
whom ★ / huːm ; NAmE huːm / pronoun ( formal) used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition （与 who 同义，作为动词或介词的宾语）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覆了。 ◆ Her mother, in whom she confided, said she would support her unconditionally. 她所信赖的母亲说将无条件地支持她。 GRAMMAR POINT 语法说明 whom ■ Whomis not used very often in spoken English. Whois usually used as the object pronoun, especially in questions. 在英语口语中，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 whomas 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 whoand put the preposition at the end of the sentence. 在英语口语中，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 whomis not often used. You can either use whoor 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. 我在机场接的这家人非常友好。 ■ In non-defining relative clauses whoor, 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。 whom / huːm ; NAmE huːm /
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