whom

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1349 ★★★★☆

pron. 谁

发音

US /huːm/
UK /huːm/
其它 /h(w)uːm/
其它 /h(w)ɔːm/
其它 /hwɒm/

词形变化

of who 复数 objective case of who 复数

别名

quhom Whom whome whomst

教材释义与例句

代词

谁（who的宾格）

From whom shall I get comfort?

我从谁那儿能得到安慰呢?

The dispute at the moment revolved about the question of whom to send.

当时的争论是围绕着派谁去好这一问题而进行的。

释义与例句

pron. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    What person or people; which person or people.

    As the object of a verb.

    正式

    Whom did you ask?

  2. 2.

    What person or people; which person or people.

    As the object of a preposition.

    正式

    To whom are you referring?

    With whom were you talking?

  3. 3.

    Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.

    正式

    That is the woman whom I spoke to earlier. (defining)

    Mr Smith, whom we all know well, will be giving the speech. (non-defining)

    He's a person with whom I work (defining)

    We have ten employees, half of whom are carpenters. (non-defining)

    There is a new girl in the class whom I consider to be a wunderkind.

    She felt miserable unless she had neighbors with whom to quarrel regularly.

  4. 4.

    The person(s) whom; whomever.

    正式

    To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.

  5. 5.

    Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

    正式 非正式

    Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!

相关短语

whom am I kidding who am I kidding to whom it may concern 敬启者 to whom this may concern it's not what you know but whom you know it's not what you know but who you know 识人好过识字 who whom

词源

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).

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