who代替人,是主格,在定語從句中作主語。例如:
An architect is a person who designs buildings. 建筑師是設(shè)計(jì)房屋的人。
I will never forget the teacher who taught us chemistry in the first year of my senior middle school. 我將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記在高一時(shí)教我們化學(xué)的那位老師。
Anyone who wants to apply for this job must send us the resume by email first. 想應(yīng)聘這個(gè)職位的任何人都必須先通過電子郵件向我們發(fā)送簡(jiǎn)歷。
whom代替人,是賓格,在定語從句作賓語,在非正式英語常可省略。例如:
Do you know the gentleman whom we met in the school library yesterday 昨天我們?cè)趯W(xué)校圖書館里遇到的那位先生你認(rèn)識(shí)嗎
This is the student whom my father taught ten years ago. 這是我爸爸十年前教的學(xué)生。
The girl who I saw is called Mary. 我見到的那個(gè)女孩名叫瑪麗。(在非正式英語中,主格who代替了賓格whom,亦可省略)
whose一般代替人,有時(shí)亦可代替物,是所有格,在定語從句作定語。例如:
The girl student whose father is a senior engineer used to study abroad. 其父是一位高級(jí)工程師的那個(gè)女學(xué)生過去在國外留學(xué)。
Do you know the name of the hotel whose window we can see here 我們這兒能看到窗戶的那個(gè)賓館叫什么名字,你知道嗎 (關(guān)系代詞whose指代先行詞hotel,正式用法應(yīng)該用of which。whose window=the window of which,意思 是:the window of the hotel。)