whom

pron.

1. （与who同义，作为动词或介词的宾语）谁，什么人
   used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition
   1. Whom did they invite?
      他们邀请谁了？
   2. To whom should I write?
      我应该把信写给谁？
   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复了。
   4. 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。

Whom is used in formal or written English instead of ‘who’ when it is the object of a verb or preposition. 用作动词或介词的宾语时，whom 比 who 更加正式，且多用于书面语。


1. QUEST (用于疑问句，询问人的姓名或身份)谁
   You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.
   1. 'I want to send a telegram.' — 'Fine, to whom?'...
      “我想发份电报。”——“好的，发给谁？”
   2. Whom did he expect to answer his phone?...
      他希望由谁来接电话？
   3. 'You're too sensitive.' — 'Too sensitive for whom?'
      “你太敏感了。”——“对谁太敏感了？”
2. CONJ-SUBORD (尤用于某些动词和形容词后，引导谈论某人或某一群人的姓名或身份的从句)谁
   You use whom after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the name or identity of a person or a group of people.
   1. He asked whom I'd told about his having been away...
      他问我把他曾离开的消息告诉过谁。
   2. He likes to know whom you've met...
      他想知道你见了谁。
   3. I have resigned, and they have a free hand to appoint whom they like in my place.
      我已经辞职了，他们可以放开手脚任命他们喜欢的人来顶替我的位置。
3. PRON-REL (用于进行限定说明或提供更多信息的关系从句的句首)
   You use whom at the beginning of a relative clause when specifying the person or group of people you are talking about or when giving more information about them.
   1. One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky...
      我感兴趣的其中一位作家是伊曼纽尔·韦利科夫斯基。
   2. The Homewood residents whom I knew had little money and little free time.
      我所认识的霍姆伍德的居民没多少钱也没多少闲暇时间。
   3. ...generations of women for whom work provided an escape from family life.
      通过工作来逃离家庭生活的一代又一代的女性

1. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide
   关键是，青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。
2. Being there gave me a chance to touch base with three friends whom I had not seen for a year.
   在那里，让我有机会和一年没见面的三个朋友取得了联系。
3. There should be someone to whom you can turn for any advice or to clear up any problems
   应该有个你可以事事请教或帮助你解决一切难题的人。
4. Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
   一些银行还列出一个黑名单，威胁要控告这些人，要求赔偿损失。
5. The soldiers — all of whom we knew as neighbours — stood around pointing guns at us.
   那些士兵——我们都视之为邻居的人——站在四周用枪指着我们。
6. He wanted to have someone to whom he could talk a little about himself.
   他希望能有人听他说说关于自己的一些事。
7. I found a very mixed group of individuals some of whom I could relate to and others with whom I had very little in common
   我发现这群人各不相同，有些人还合得来，我能够理解，其他那些则和我几乎没有共同之处。
8. Elizabeth met other Oxford intellectuals some of whom overlapped Naomi's world
   伊丽莎白结识了其他一些牛津大学的学者，其中有几位娜奥米也认识。
9. He was a personal friend whom I've known for many many years
   他是一位我认识多年的私人朋友。
10. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
    恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？
11. There were officials to whom he could relate the whole story
    有一些官员会听他讲述整个故事。
12. What would I do? Whom would I run to? Momma was still away
    我该怎么办？我能向谁求助？妈妈还没回来。
13. We have two full-time secretaries, one of whom is on secondment from the Royal Navy.
    我们有两个全职秘书，其中一人是临时从皇家海军调来的。
14. About six thousand people were arrested, several hundred of whom have since been released
    约6,000人被捕，后来其中的几百人又被释放了。
15. Boats crammed with hot and angry holidaymakers, some of whom had waited for up to two days to cross
    船上满是情绪激动、怒气冲冲的度假者，有些人等船渡河已经等了两天了。
16. Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released.
    士兵们抓走4个人，其中1个随后被放了回来。
17. The man with whom she maintains a relationship provides nothing by way of support.
    和她长期保持关系的那个男人并没有提供任何帮助。
18. 'I want to send a telegram.' — 'Fine, to whom?'
    “我想发份电报。”——“好的，发给谁？”
19. Whom did he expect to answer his phone?
    他希望由谁来接电话？
20. 'You're too sensitive.' — 'Too sensitive for whom?'
    “你太敏感了。”——“对谁太敏感了？”
21. He asked whom I'd told about his having been away
    他问我把他曾离开的消息告诉过谁。
22. He likes to know whom you've met
    他想知道你见了谁。
23. I have resigned, and they have a free hand to appoint whom they like in my place.
    我已经辞职了，他们可以放开手脚任命他们喜欢的人来顶替我的位置。
24. One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky
    我感兴趣的其中一位作家是伊曼纽尔·韦利科夫斯基。
25. The Homewood residents whom I knew had little money and little free time.
    我所认识的霍姆伍德的居民没多少钱也没多少闲暇时间。
26. To whom shall I debit this sum?
    此款应记入谁的账户的借方？
27. I met an old friend from whom I had parted for many years.
    我见到了分离多年的朋友。
28. He married a wife by whom he had two daughters.
    他娶了妻子并跟她生了两个女儿。
29. From whom shall I get comfort?
    我从谁那儿能得到安慰呢？
30. She lost her heart to the young man with whom she had studied and worked for so long.
    她爱上那个小伙子了，多年来她和他既是同窗又是同事。