定语从句中关系代词which可以用来指代人吗?
【答】可以,但是需要满足一定的条件。以下内容摘自赵振才编著的《英语常见问题解答大词典》增订版第五版pp.1665-1666:
在以下情况下,which 可以用来指代人。
A. 当关系代词 which 充当定语从句的表语或宾语时,可以用来表示某类人所具有的性格、人品、素质、地位或职业等。例如:
1. He imagined himself to be an artist which he was not.(CGEL)虽然他不是
艺术家,但是他却把自己想象成一个艺术家。
2. They accused him of being a trainor, which he was.(CGEL)他们指责他是
叛徒,他真的是个叛徒。
3. He is exactly the man which such an education was likely to form.他正是
这种教育可能造就出来的人。
4. He is Freud the analyst which we most enjoy.他是个绝对禁酒主义者,而
我不是。
5. He talked like a native, which he hardly was.他说起话来像是个本地人,
其实他不见得是。
B. which 可以用来指代不分性别的婴儿或儿童。
1. This is the baby which needs inoculation.(CGEL)这是那个需要打预防注射针
的婴儿。
2. His mother had ten children, of which he was the oldest.他的妈妈有10个
孩子,他是最大的。
C. 当用作先行词的集体名词表示整体,而不是表示其成员时,应当使用关系代词
which, 但是严格说来,这里的 which 并不是指人,而是指与人有关的集体:
1. a family which dates back to the Norman Conquest (CGEL)一个可追溯到诺
曼底人征服英国时期的家族
2. the government, which is cutting its losses (CGEL)正在削减损失的政府
3. the committee which which was responsible for this decision (CGEL)对
这个决定负责的委员会
4. The audience, which was most enthusiastic, applauded the soloist. 极
为热情的观众为那位独唱演员热烈鼓掌。
请做下面的英语试题:
The people which I saw were unwilling to go out even after it got
A B C D
light.(TOEFL)
答案是: A (改为 whom)