Whom is used in formal or written English instead of ‘who’ when it is the object of a verb or preposition. 用作动词或介词的宾语时，whom 比 who 更加正式，且多用于书面语。
1 QUEST (用于疑问句，询问人的姓名或身份)谁 You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people. (用于疑问句，询问人的姓名或身份)谁
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'I want to send a telegram.' — 'Fine, to whom?'.
“我想发份电报。”—“好的，发给谁？”
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Whom did he expect to answer his phone?.
他希望由谁来接电话？
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'You're too sensitive.' — 'Too sensitive for whom?'
“你太敏感了。”—“对谁太敏感了？”
2 CONJ-SUBORD (尤用于某些动词和形容词后，引导谈论某人或某一群人的姓名或身份的从句)谁 You use whom after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the name or identity of a person or a group of people. (尤用于某些动词和形容词后，引导谈论某人或某一群人的姓名或身份的从句)谁
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He asked whom I'd told about his having been away.
他问我把他曾离开的消息告诉过谁。
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He likes to know whom you've met.
他想知道你见了谁。
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I have resigned, and they have a free hand to appoint whom they like in my place.
我已经辞职了，他们可以放开手脚任命他们喜欢的人来顶替我的位置。
3 PRON-REL (用于进行限定说明或提供更多信息的关系从句的句首) You use whom at the beginning of a relative clause when specifying the person or group of people you are talking about or when giving more information about them. →see usage note at: who (用于进行限定说明或提供更多信息的关系从句的句首)
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One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky.
我感兴趣的其中一位作家是伊曼纽尔·韦利科夫斯基。
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The Homewood residents whom I knew had little money and little free time.
我所认识的霍姆伍德的居民没多少钱也没多少闲暇时间。
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...generations of women for whom work provided an escape from family life.
通过工作来逃离家庭生活的一代又一代的女性
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