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| /huːˈevə/ |
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| 1 | someone or anyone who does a particular thing or is in a particular situation （做某事或处于某种情况中）的人 |
| Whoever gets the job will be responsible for the annual budget. 得到这份工作的人要负责年度预算。 |
| Afree gift will be given to whoever completes the questionnaire. 免费礼品将送给填妥调查表的人。 |
| Whoever had killed Magnus had probably killed Dempster as well. 杀马格努斯的人可能也杀了登普斯特。 |
| You may choose whoever you would like to represent you. 你可以选任何人来代表你。 |
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| 2 | used for saying that it does not matter who is involved in something because the result or the situation will be the same 无论是谁，不管什么人（结果都是一样的） |
| Whoever you ask, the answer is always the same. 无论你问谁，得到的答案总是一样的。 |
| Whoever’ s fault the accident might have been, it certainly wasn’ t mine. 事故的错不管是谁的，肯定不是我的。 |
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| 3 | spoken used for emphasizing ‘who’ in a question to show that you are surprised or shocked , or that you think something is unlikely 到底是谁，究竟是谁（表示惊讶、震惊或者不大可能） |
| Such a lovely girl! Whoever would want to kill her? 多么可爱的女孩啊！究竟是谁要杀她呢？ |
| Whoever heard of a politician admitting he was wrong? 有谁听说过政治家认错的吗？ |
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| - | ...or whoever spoken
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| …或别的什么人 |
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| People always have to blame someone – the government, the police, or whoever. 人们总要责怪某个人——政府、警察或别的什么人。 |
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| - | whoever sb is spoken
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| used for referring to someone when you do not know who they are or what their name is |
| 不管某人是谁；不管某人叫什么 |
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| ‘Come out of there, whoever you are,’ she yelled. “不管你是谁，出来，”她高声喊道。 |
| No one is safe until they catch this fellow, whoever he is. 抓住这个家伙大家才会安全，不管这个家伙叫什么。 |
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