| 单词 | whom |
| 释义 | whom 1. < 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. < 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 < 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. < 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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