单词 | whom |
释义 | whom [hu:m] formal pronoun ESSENTIAL ■used instead of 'who' as the object of a verb or preposition (作受词时代替 who) •I met a man with whom I used to work.我碰见了个过去曾一起工作的人。 •He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.他拿出了一张爱子的照片。 •There were 500 passengers, of whom 121 drowned.500名乘客中共有121名溺弊。 •To whom do you wish to speak?你想找谁接电话? [hu:m] formal pronoun Common Learner Errors whom or who?Whom is very formal and most people use who instead.Who did you invite?Although whom should be used after a preposition, most people avoid it by putting the preposition towards the end of the sentence and using who instead.Who did you go out with last night?It would be extremely formal and rather unnatural to say whom.With whom did you go out last night? |
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