什么是 “whose”?
whose 是英语中一个常用的疑问代词和关系代词,用于表示“谁的”,用来询问或说明某物属于某人(或某物)。
中文翻译
“whose” 最常见的中文翻译是:谁的。
例如:
- Whose book is this? → 这是谁的书?
- The student whose notebook was lost... → 那个笔记本丢了的学生……
主要用法
- 作为疑问代词:用于特殊疑问句开头,询问所属关系。
例句:Whose car is parked outside?(外面停的是谁的车?) - 作为关系代词:引导定语从句,修饰人或物,表示所属关系。
例句:She is the teacher whose class won the competition.(她就是那个班级赢得比赛的老师。)
常见误区
- 不要将 whose 与 who’s(= who is / who has)混淆。
- “whose” 不仅可用于人,也可用于动物或无生命的事物(尤其在正式文体中)。
例句:The company whose profits doubled last year...(那家去年利润翻倍的公司……)
实用例句
- Whose phone keeps ringing?
- He helped a boy whose dog had run away.
- This is the house whose windows were broken.