whose, of whom與of which

1. 關(guān)系代詞 whose，引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句時(shí)，既可指人，又可指物，在從句中衹能作定語(yǔ)；of whom 衹能指人；of which 衹能指物，有時(shí) whose 可以與 of whom 和 of which 互換使用。如：

The girl whose hair is golden is from England. 頭發(fā)金色的那個(gè)女孩是英國(guó)人。

The house whose doors are green is an office building. 門(mén)是綠色的那座房子是辦公樓。

2. “介詞 + whose +名詞” 引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。如：

I love my motherland, for whose good future I will work hard. 我愛(ài)我的祖國(guó)，爲(wèi)了她美好的未來(lái)我要努力工作。

3. 在下列情況下，一般衹用 of whom 和 of which。

(1) 定語(yǔ)從句的主語(yǔ)是 few, little, some, most, many, much等時(shí)，一般衹用of whom和of which。

In the room are lots of people, many of whom I don't know. 房間裡有很多人，很多人我不認(rèn)識(shí)。

He has a lot of story-books, a few of which I have never read. 他有很多故事書(shū)，有幾本故事書(shū)我還從未看過(guò)。

(2) 定語(yǔ)從句的主語(yǔ)是數(shù)詞、形容詞的最高級(jí)時(shí)，一般衹用of whom和of which。如：(from www.yingyuyufa.com)

The old man has three children, two of whom are college students and one of whom is a manager. 那個(gè)老人有三個(gè)小孩，其中兩個(gè)是大學(xué)生，另一個(gè)是經(jīng)理。

(3) 定語(yǔ)從句的主語(yǔ)是all, none, both, neither, each等不定代詞時(shí)，一般衹用of whom和of which。如：

There are fifty students in our class, all of whom are working hard. 我們班有五十個(gè)學(xué)生，所有這五十個(gè)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)都刻苦。

He planted two trees last year, both of which are growing well. 去年他栽了兩棵樹(shù)，這兩棵樹(shù)都長(zhǎng)得好。

(4) 在定語(yǔ)從句中作表語(yǔ)的定語(yǔ)時(shí)，一般衹用of whom和of which。如：

He has three brothers, of whom Li Lei is the youngest one. 它有三兄弟，李蕾是他們中最小的一個(gè)。

There are many countries in Asia, of which China is the largest one. 亞洲有很多國(guó)家，中國(guó)是最大的一個(gè)。