whom

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英文释义

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  1. What person or people; which person or people.; As the object of a verb. formal,interrogative,often
    — Whom did you ask?
  2. What person or people; which person or people.; As the object of a preposition. formal,interrogative,often
    — To whom are you referring?
  3. Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people. formal,often,relative
    — That is the woman whom I spoke to earlier. (defining)
  4. The person(s) whom; whomever. formal,often
    — To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
  5. Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams. formal,informal,often
    — Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!

词形变化

of who objective,plural,singular whome alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
to whom it may concern to whom this may concern whom am I kidding whomever whom're who whom

词源

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).
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