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?
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。