摘要:whose:可指人或物,表示“...的”,直接修饰名词(如 whose book)。例如:
在英语定语从句中,whose 和 of which 的用法容易混淆。
1. 指代范围与灵活性
whose:可指人或物,表示“...的”,直接修饰名词(如 whose book)。例如:
The man whose car is red is my teacher.(指人)
The book whose cover is blue is mine.(指物)
of which:仅指物,需通过“名词 + of which”或“of which + 名词”结构表达所属关系。例如:
The book, the cover of which is blue, is mine.
The car, the price of which is high, is beautiful.
The house, of which the cover was damaged in the storm, has now been repaired.
2. 结构差异与互换限制
whose 结构更简洁,直接连接名词;of which 需拆分名词与关系词,常用于正式或复杂句中。
不可互换的情况:
从句主语为数量词、数词、最高级或不定代词时,仅用 of which:
All the books, none of which is easy to read, are on the table.
非限制性定语从句中,whose 更自然,of which 多用于强调整体与部分关系。
3. 使用场景与语感
whose 更口语化,适合日常表达;of which 更正式,常见于书面语或学术写作。
当名词前有定冠词 the 时,优先用 of which(如 the price of which);无冠词时用 whose(如 whose price)。
4. 特殊注意事项
指人时:of whom 可替代 whose,但 whose 更常用。例如:
The student, of whom the father is a doctor, won the prize.
whose 指物(如 the tree whose leaves are green),但现代英语中 of which 更规范。
来源:仍有梦的孩子
