牛津实用英语语法
80 all,both,few,most,several,some
等+of+whom/which
这种形式可以用于指人,也可用于指事物。见以下例句。括号中给出的是不那么正式的同义说法。
Her sons,both of whom work abroad,ring her up every week.
她的两个儿子,都在国外工作,他们每周都给她打电话来。
(Both her sons work abroad,but they ring her up every week.)He went with a group of people,few of whom were correctly equipped for such a climb.
他和一队人一起去了,其中没有几个人配有进行这样一次登山的适当装备。
(He went with a group of people;few of them…)
The buses,most of which were already full,were surrounded by an angry crowd.
公共汽车大多数都已经挤满了人,它们被愤怒的人群包围着。
(st of the buses were full,and/but they were surrounded by an angrycrowd.)
I met the fruit-pickers,several of whom were university students.
我遇到了摘水果的人们,其中有几个人是大学生。
(I met the fruit-pickers;several of them were…)
I picked up the apples,some of which were badly bruised.
我拣起那些苹果,其中有一些伤得很厉害。
(I picked up the apples;some of them…)
The house was full of boys,ten of whom were his own grandchildren.
屋子里挤满了小男孩,其中有十个是他自己的孙辈。(The house was full of boys;ten of them…)