喜樂美語
  1. 1pronB2/huːm/誰（受格）

    正式The form of 'who' used as the object of a verb or after a preposition, mostly in formal speech or writing.

    The form of 'who''who'的形式 used as the object of a verb用作動詞的受詞 or after a preposition或介系詞後面 mostly in formal speech or writing大多用在正式的口說或書寫中

    示範例句 · Example

    She called her sister, whom she hadn't spoken to in years.

    逐字她打給她的姊姊，那位她已經好幾年沒講過話的人。

    「whom」是「who」的受格形式 — 當「誰」是動作的對象（受詞）時用 whom。可以想成：who 是做動作的人，whom 是被動作影響的人（Who called? 對比 Whom did you call?）。whom 很正式，平常講話多半改用 who 或 that，或直接省略。介系詞後面（to whom、of whom）最常看到 whom。

    常見搭配

    • to whom

      給誰／對誰

      used after 'to' to mean the person something is given or said to

      To whom should I send the email?

    • none/all/many of whom

      其中沒有／全部／許多人

      used to talk about part of a group of people

      He has many fans, all of whom love his songs.

    意思相近

    whothat

core核心畫面

You can think of whom as the 'receiving end' version of who. When a person is the one doing the action you use who; when the person is the one the action lands on, or the one that comes right after a small word like to / for / with, the formal form switches to whom.

可以想成 whom 是 who 的「承受端」版本。同樣在問或指「哪個人」，但當這個人不是動作的發出者、而是動作落在他身上的對象，或是緊接在 to／for／with 這類小詞後面時，正式的英文就把 who 換成 whom。例如 To whom did you give it?（你把它給了誰？）——「誰」是被給的那一方。這個形式偏正式，多用在書面或慎重的場合。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

意思相近

whothat

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

whompron/huːm/

  • 1

    formalWhat person or people; which person or people.

    • Whom did you ask?
    • “Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have in my house.” It should have been “whom”, but I let it go. “You have the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit it was stronger, “to tell me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.”
  • 2

    formalWhat person or people; which person or people.

    • To whom are you referring?
    • With whom were you talking?
  • 3

    formalUsed to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.

    • That is the woman whom I spoke to earlier. (defining)
    • Mr Smith, whom we all know well, will be giving the speech. (non-defining)
  • 4

    formalThe person(s) whom; whomever.

    • To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
  • 5

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

    • Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!

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