内容正文:
一、基本概念
(一) 定语从句 在复合句中作定语,修饰名词或代词的从句叫定语从句。
(二) 先行词 被定语从句所修饰的名词或代词。一般情况下,定语从句紧跟先行词。但也有因各种原因定语从句与先行词被分割的现象。
(三)关系代词和关系副词 定语从句的引导词。与先行词关系密切,因此紧跟先行词,并在定语从句中充当一个成分。关系代词有: who, whom, which, that和whose, 另外,as也可充当关系代词。关系代词在定语从句中充当主语、宾语、表语和定语。关系副词有:when, where和why。在定语从句中充当状语。
二、关系代词的用法
(一)基本用法
根据先行词的不同,和在从句中所充当的成分不同,选用不同的关系代词。 如下表:
关系词
先行词
从句成分
例句
备注
关系代词
who
人
主语,宾语
Do you know the man who is talking with your mother?
whom, which和that在从句中做宾语时,常可以省略,但介词提前时后面关系代词不能省略,也不可以用that
whom
人
宾语
Mr. Smith is the person with whom I am working
The boy (whom) she loved died in the war.
whose
人,物
定语
I like those books whose topics are about history.
The boy whose father works abroad is my classmate.
that
人,物
主语,宾语
A plane is a machine that can fly.
She is the pop star (that) I want to see very much.
which
物
主语,宾语
The book (which) I gave you was worth $10.
The picture which was about the accident was terrible.
as
人,物
主语,宾语
He is such