whose

漢語翻譯

pron. 誰的

例句：

1. There are still many people whose living conditions are miserable.
   仍有許多人的生活條件是很艱苦的。
2. The couple was quarreling furiously about whose turn it was to cook the dinner.
   這對夫婦對該輪到誰做晚飯而激烈爭吵著。
3. Whose is that farm (over) yonder?
   那邊的農場是誰的?
4. Whose pen is this?
   這是誰的鋼筆？
5. Italian-born American composer and librettist whose operas include The Medium(1946) and The Consul(1950).
   梅諾蒂，吉安·卡洛生於1911義大利裔美國作曲家和歌劇詞作者，其歌劇作品包括女巫(1946年)及領事(1950年)
6. Whose house is that?
   那是誰的房子？

詳細解釋：

whose

adj.（形容詞）
The possessive form of who
who的所有格形式
The possessive form of which
which的所有格形式

來源：
Middle English whos
中古英文 whos
from Old English hwôs * see k wo-
源自 古英文 hwôs *參見 k wo-

It has sometimes been claimed thatwhose should be used only as the possessive form of who and should thus be restricted to animate antecedents, as ina man whose power has greatly eroded. But there is extensive literary precedent for the use ofwhose as the possessive of which, as inThe play, whose style is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. In an earlier survey this example was acceptable to a large majority of the Usage Panel.The alternate formof which also can be used to this purpose, as in The play, the style of which is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. But as this example demonstrates, substitutingof which for whose may result in stiltedness. See Usage Note at else ,which ,who
人們有時認為whose 只應作為 who 的所有格形式並限於表示有生命的先行詞， 如在句子a man whose power has greatly erode. （能力已大大衰退的人）中。 但把whose 用作 which 的所有形式也是有許多先例的， 如 the play, whose style is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. （這個劇本的文體僵化正式，是當時的典型）。 在早期，這種用法對於用法專題小組的多數人來說都是可以接受的。其變化形式of which 在這種情況下也可用，如 The play, the style of which is rigidly formal, is typical of the period. 。但象 這個例子所顯示的一樣，用of which 代替 whose 會顯得不自然 參見 else,which,who