說明一

既可以指人也可以指物。如：

Do you know anyone whose family is in Beijing? 你認(rèn)識(shí)什么人家住北京的嗎?

The river whose banks are covered with trees is very long. 兩岸蔽滿樹木的那條河很長(zhǎng)。

The deer whose leg had been hurt couldn’t run fast. 那只腿受傷的鹿不能跑得很快。

說明二

引導(dǎo)定語從句的“whose＋名詞”，有時(shí)可換成其它結(jié)構(gòu)，注意詞序的變化。比較:

破了窗戶的那座房子是空的。

正：The house whose windows are broken is empty.

正：The house the windows of which are broken is empty.

正：The house of which the windows are broken is empty.

正：The house with broken windows is empty.

說明三

不僅可引導(dǎo)限制性定語從句，也可引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句。如：

This is Tom, whose father is a doctor. 這是湯姆，他父親是醫(yī)生。

It was an island, whose name I have forgotten. 它是一座島，名字我忘了。

The factory, whose workers are all women, is closed during the holidays. 這家工廠工人都是婦女，在假期中工廠關(guān)門了。