17 表示人或物的所屬關(guān)系,用whose Track 017
我們用whose表示所屬關(guān)系,其作用就如同物主代詞my,your,her,his,their以及our一樣,whose后邊要接名詞。whose的先行詞可是人也可是物。“whose+名詞”在從句中可作主語(yǔ)、 動(dòng)詞賓語(yǔ)或介詞賓語(yǔ)。
例句
a. When I looked through the window, I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away. (作主語(yǔ),whose指人a girl)
透過(guò)窗子,我看到了一個(gè)女孩,她的美麗令我驚嘆。
b. It was a meeting whose importance I did not realize at the time. (作動(dòng)詞賓語(yǔ),whose指事物a meeting)
我當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)有意識(shí)到這個(gè)會(huì)議的重要性。
c. Atlas (in Greek mythology) was a kneeling man on whose shoulders the world rested. (作介詞賓語(yǔ),whose指人a kneeling man)
阿特拉斯(古希臘神話中的人物)是一個(gè)跪著的人,世界端放在他的肩上。