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MBA联考必备英语语法难点之关系代词 关系代词who, whom, whose 用法说明■ 关系代词who, whom)的用法 who和whom均只用于指人，不用于指事或物，其中who在定语从句中用作主语，whom在定语从句中用作宾语。如： I met a girl who knew your sister. 我碰到一个认识你姐姐的姑娘。 In Berlin, he first met the woman whom he would one day marry. 在柏林，他第一次遇见那个女人，后来他终于跟她结了婚。 She introduced me to her husband, whom I hadn’t met before. 她把我介绍给她丈夫，我以前没见过他。 但是，用作宾语的whom如果不是紧跟在介词之后，通常会被省略或用who, that代之。如： The person to whom I complained is the manager. 我向他投诉的那个人是经理。 The person (who, whom, that) I complained to is the manager. 我向他投诉的那个人是经理。 ■ 关系代词whose的用法 关系代词whose既可用于指人，也可用于指事或物，它在定语从句中主要用作定语。如： She is the woman whose car was stolen. 她就是汽车被盗的那个女人。 This is the house whose windows were broken. 这就是窗户被打破了的房子。 Mrs. Gray, whose children are in college, is trying to get a job. 格雷太太的孩子们都在上大学，她想找一份工作。 His house, whose windows were all broken, was a depressing sight. 他的房子窗户无一完好，一派令人心酸的景象。 关系代词which重要用法说明 ■关系代词which只用于指事或物，不用于指人，它在定语从句中主要用作主语或宾语。如： She was not on the train which arrived just now. 她不在刚才到达的那列火车上。(关系代词which指train，在从句中用作主语) He never got back the money which he had lent him. 他从未收回他曾借给他的那笔钱。(关系代词which指money，在从句中用作宾语) ■which用于引导限制性定语从句外，还可以引导非限制定语从句。如： The ship struck an iceberg, which tore a huge hole in her side. 船碰在一座冰山上，船帮被撞出一个大洞。 She gave me this jumper, which she had knitted herself. 她送给我这件羊毛衫，这是她亲手织的。 This machine, which I have looked after for twenty years, is still working perfectly. 这台机器我已经照管了20年，现在仍然没一点儿毛病。 ■which有时也可用作定语，尤其用于“介词+which+名词”这类结构中，此时的which含有this或that的意味。如： He may be busy, in which case?I’ll call later. 他可能忙，如若如此，我以后再来拜访。 I may have to work late, in which case?I’ll telephone. 我可能得晚点下班，那样我会打电话的。 He lost his temper, at which point I decided to go home. 他发脾气了，这时我就决定回家了。 He was appointed Lord Chancellor, in which post he spent the rest of his life. 他被任命为大法官，在这个职位上度过了他的后半生。 The postman comes at 6.30 in the morning, at which time I am usually fast asleep. 邮递员早晨6点30分来，这个时候我通常还睡着大觉呢。 It was derived from Posidonius, for which reason much of its information may well have be