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单词 whom
释义 whom
\(|)hüm, _üm\ pronoun, objective case of who
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwām, dative of hwā who — more at who
1. : who I 1 — sometimes used as object of a verb or a following preposition
 < whom shall I send — Isa 6:8 (Authorized Version) >
 < my question was whom were all the Christmas signals for — W.T.Scott >
or more frequently as the object of a preceding preposition
 < never send to know for whom the bell tolls — John Donne >
though now often considered stilted especially in oral use — occasionally used as predicate nominative with a copulative verb especially in the vicinity of a preposition or a verb of which it might mistakenly be considered the object
 < whom say ye that I am — Mt 16:15 (Authorized Version) >
 < regardless of whom his friends may be >
2.
 a. : who I 2a — used as object of a verb or preposition
  < whom he strikes his crooked tushes slay — Shakespeare >
  < I will … be gracious to whom I will be gracious — Exod 33:19 (Authorized Version) >
  < ask whom you will >
 b. archaic : who I 2b — used as object of a verb or preposition
  < how can I curse whom God has not cursed — Num 23:8 (Revised Standard Version) >
  < there are to whom my satire seems too bold — Alexander Pope >
3. : who I 3 — used as the object of a verb or a preceding preposition
 < those whom oppression had goaded to rebellion — T.B.Macaulay >
 < the universities, by whom he was abundantly honored — J.A.Pollard >
 < his pet toad whom he fed regularly — Osbert Sitwell >
 < these moral types, whom all recognize — V.S.Pritchett >
or less frequently as the object of a following preposition
 < the man whom you addressed the letter to >
— sometimes used as the subject of the clause that it introduces especially in the vicinity of a verb of which it might mistakenly be considered the object
 < a … recruit whom he hoped would prove to be a crack salesman — Bennett Cerf >
 < people … whom you never thought would sympathize — Shea Murphy >
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