
關(guān)系代詞有who,whose,whom,that,which等,用來(lái)引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。它們?cè)诙ㄕZ(yǔ)從句中可用作主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)、定語(yǔ)或表語(yǔ);另一方面它們又代表主句中為定語(yǔ)從句所修飾的那個(gè)名詞或代詞(這樣的名詞和代詞叫做先行詞)。如:
The man who is talking with Mr. Brown is an eye Specialist和布朗先生談話的那個(gè)人是個(gè)眼科大夫。(關(guān)系代詞who在從句中用作土語(yǔ),它的先行詞是man)
He is the comrade whom you have been looking for他就是你要找的那位同志。(關(guān)系代詞whom在從句中作賓語(yǔ),它的先行詞是comrade,whom在口語(yǔ)中一般可省去)
The old man whose son is in the navy used to be carpenter.兒子在海軍的那位老人過(guò)去是個(gè)木匠。
(關(guān)系代詞whose在從句中用作定語(yǔ),先行詞為man)
The film which I saw last night is about a young teacher.我昨晚看的那部電影說(shuō)的是一個(gè)年輕教師的事。(關(guān)系代詞which在從句中用作賓語(yǔ),先行詞為film, which在口語(yǔ)中可省略)
This is the plane that will fly to Tokyo in the afternoon.這是下午要飛往東京的飛機(jī)。(關(guān)系代詞that在從句中用作主語(yǔ),先行詞為plane)