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高中定语从句详细讲解
（一）定义及相关术语
The man who is shaking hands with my father is a policeman. 该句中，
who is shaking hands with my father 是定语从句，修饰先行词the man，“who”是引导定语从
句的关系词，代替先行词the man，在定语从句中作主语。

（二）关系代词引导的定语从句
1．who 指人，在定语从句中作主语。

The boys who are playing football are from Class One. 正在踢足球的男孩是一班的。

Those who want to go to the museum must be at the school gate at 7 tomorrow morning. 想去博
物馆的人必须在明晨7点到大门口集合。

Yesterday I helped an old man who had lost his way. 昨天我帮助了一位迷路的老人。

That is the teacher who teaches us physics. 那就是教我们物理的老师。

2．whom 指人，在定语从句中做宾语，常可省略。

Mr Liu is the person ( whom ) you talked about on the bus. 刘先生就是你们在公共汽车上谈
论的那个人。

Li Ming is just the boy ( whom ) I want to see. 李明正是我想要见的男孩。

The professor ( whom ) you are waiting for has come. 你正在等的教授已经来了。

The girl ( whom ) the teacher often praises is our monitor. 老师经常表扬的那个女孩是我们的
班长。

注意：关系代词whom 在口语或非正式文体中常可用who 来代替，也可省略。

The man ( whom / who )you met just now is my old friend.
3．Which 指物，在定语从句中做主语或宾语，做宾语时常可省略。

Football is a game which is liked by most boys. 足球是大多数男孩所喜欢的运动。

The factory which makes computers is far away from here. 制造计算机的那家公司离这儿很远。

He likes to read books which are written by foreign writers. 他喜欢外国作家写的书。

The house which is by the lake looks nice. 湖边的那幢房子看上去很漂亮。

This is the pen ( which ) he bought yesterday. 这是他昨天买的钢笔。

The film ( which ) they went to see last night was not interesting at all. 他们昨晚看的电影一点意思也没有。

4．That 指人时，相当于who 或whom；指物时，相当于which.。

在定语从句中作主语或宾语，作宾语时常可省略。

The number of people that / who come to visit this city each year reaches one million. 每年来参观这座城市的人数达一百万。

Where is the man that / whom I saw this morning? 我今天早上看到的那个人在哪儿？
The person that /whom you introduced to me is very kind. 你介绍给我的那个人很友好。

The season that / which comes after spring is summer. 春天以后的季节是夏季。

Yesterday I received a letter that / which came from Australia. 昨天我收到了一封来自澳大利亚的信。

5．Whose 通常指人，也可指物，在定语从句中做定语。

I visited a scientist whose name is known all over the country. 我拜访了一个全国知名的科学家。

He has a friend whose father is a doctor. 他有一个爸爸当医生的朋友。

I once lived in the house whose roof has fallen in. 我曾经住在那幢屋顶已经倒塌了的房子里。

注意：指物时，常用下列结构来代替：
The classroom whose door is broken will soon be repaired.
The classroom the door of which is broken will soon be repaired.
Do you like the book whose cover is yellow?
Do you like the book the cover of which is yellow?
（三）“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句
关系代词在定语从句中作介词宾语时，从句常常由“介词+关系代词”引出。

The school (which / that) he once studied in is very famous.
The school in which he once studied is very famous. 他曾经就读过的学校很出名。

Tomorrow I’ll bring here the magazine (which / that) you asked for.
Tomorrow I’ll bring here the magazine for which you asked.明天我将把你要的杂志带来。

This is the boy (whom / who / that) I played tennis with yesterday.
This is the boy with whom I played tennis with yesterday. 这是我昨天跟他打台球的男孩。

We’ll go to hear the famous singer (whom / who / that) we have often talked about.
We’ll go to hear the famous singer about whom we have often talked.我们将去听那位我们经常谈论的著名歌唱家演唱。

The manager whose company I work in pays much attention to improving our working conditions. The manager in whose company I work pays much attention to improving our working conditions. 我工作的那家公司的经理十分注意改善我们的工作条件。

２．若介词放在关系代词前，关系代词指人时只可用whom，不可用who, that；关系代词指物时只可用which，不可用that。

关系代词是所有格时用whose。

The man with whom you talked just now is my neighbour. (正) 你刚才跟他谈话的那个人是我的邻居。

The man with that / who you talked just now is my neighbour. (误)
The plane in which we flew to Canada was really comfortable. (正)我们去加拿大所乘坐的飞机实在很舒服。

The plane in that we flew to Canada was really comfortable. (误)
３．“介词+关系代词”前还可有some, any, none, all, both, neither, many, most, each, few等代词或者数词。

如：
He loves his parents deeply, both of whom are very kind to him. 他深深地爱着他的父母，他们俩待他都很好。

In the basket there are quite many apples, some of which have gone bad. 篮子里有好些苹果，有些已经坏了。

There are forty students in our class in all, most of whom are from big cities. 我们班总共有４０个学生，大多数来自大城市。

Up to now, he has written ten stories, three of which are about country life. 迄今为止，他写了１０部小说，其中３部是关于农村生活的。

词＋关系代词引导的定语从句特例
1)...... ，...of +关系代词。

2)which 代替this/that/the
（四）关系副词引导的定语从句
1． when 指时间，在定语从句中作时间状语。

I still remember the day when I first came to this school. 我仍然记得我第一次来到这所
学校的那一天。

The time when we got together finally arrived. 我们团聚的时刻终于到了。

October 1, 1949 was the day when the People’s Republic of China was founded. 1949年10月1日是中华人民共和国成立的日子。

Do you remember the years when he lived in the countryside with his grandparents. 你还记得在农村和你祖父母一起生活的那些年吗？
2． where 指地点，在定语从句中作地点状语。

Shanghai is the city where I was born. 上海是我出生的城市。

The house where I lived ten years ago has been pulled down. 我十年前住的房子已经被拆掉了。

I visited the farm where a lot of cows were raised . 我参观了那个饲养了许多奶牛的农场。

Is this the place where they fought the enemy? 这是他们当初打敌人的地方吗？
3． why 指原因，在定语从句中作原因状语。

Please tell me the reason why you missed the plane. 请告诉我你误机的原因。

The reason why he was punished is unknown to us. 他受惩罚的原因我们都不知道。

I don’t know the reason why he looks unhappy today. 我不知道他今天为什么看上去不愉快。

注意：关系副词引导的定语从句经常可以用“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句来表示。

如： From the years when / in which he was going to primary school in the country he had known w hat he wanted to be when he grew up. 自从他在农村读小学时，他就已经知道长大后要做什么。

Great changes are taking place in the city where / in which they live. 他们生活的城市正发生巨大的变化。

The reason why / for which he refused the invitation is quite clear. 他为什么拒绝接受邀
请的原因是十分明了的。

（五）限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句
限制性定语从句
形式上：不用逗号“，”与主句隔开。

意义上：是先行词不可缺少的定语，如删除，主句则失去意义或意思表达不完整。

译法上：译成先行词的定语：“．．．的”
关系词的使用上：A．作宾语时可省略B．可用that C．可用who 代替whom
非限制性定语从句
形式上：用逗号“，”与主句隔开。

意义上：只是对先行词的补充说明，如删除，主句仍能表达完整的意思。

译法上：通常译成主句的并列句。

关系词的使用上：A．不可省略B．不用that C．不可用who 代替whom
限制性定语从句举例：
The teacher told me that Tom was the only person that I could depend on. 老师告诉我说汤姆是我唯一的可以依靠的人。

China is a country which has a long history. 中国是一个历史悠久的国家。

In the street I saw a man who was from Africa. 在街上我看到一个来自非洲的人。

非限制性定语从句举例：
His mother, who loves him very much, is strict with him. 他妈妈十分地爱他，对他要求很严格。

China, which was founded in 1949, is becoming more and more powerful. 中国是1949年成立的，现在正变得越来越强大。

Last summer I visited the People’s Great Hall, in which many important meetings are held every y ear. 去年夏天，我参观了人民大会堂，在那儿每年都要举行许多重要会议。

（一）限制性定语从句中只能用that 引导定语从句的情况
1．当先行词是everything, anything, nothing (something 除外), all, none, few, little, some等不定代词时，或当先行词受every, any, all, some, no, little, few, much等代词修饰时。

如：
Have you taken down everything that Mr. Li said? 李老师讲的你都记下来了吗？
There seems to be nothing that is impossible to him in the world. 对他来说似乎世界上没有什么不可能的事。

All that can be done has been done. 所有能做的都做好了。

There is little that I can do for you. 我不能为你干什么。

He stayed in the library and looked up any information that they needed. 他呆在图书馆查找所需的资料。

注意：当先行词指人时，偶尔也可用关系代词who，如：
Any man that / who has a sense of duty won’t do such a thing. 任何有责任感的人都不会做这样的事。

All the guests that / who were invited to her wedding were important people. 所有应邀来参加她婚礼的客人都是重要人物。

2．当先行词被序数词修饰时。

如：
The first place that they visited in London was the Big Ben. 在伦敦他们参观的第一个地方是大本钟。

3．当先行词被形容词最高级修饰时。

如：
This is the best film that I have ever seen. 这是我看过的最好的电影。

4．当先行词被the very, the only修饰时。

如：
This is the very dictionary that I want to buy. 这正是我要买的词典。

After the fire in his house, the old car is the only thing that he owns. 家里发生了火灾过后，那辆旧车成了他的唯一拥有。

注意：当先行词指人时，偶尔也可用关系代词who。

如：
Wang Hua is the only person in our school who will attend the meeting. 王华是我校唯一出席会议的人。

5．当先行词前面有who, which等疑问代词时。

如：
Who is the man that is standing by the gate? 站在门口的那个人是谁？
Which is the T-shirt that fits me most? 哪件T恤衫最合我的身？
6．当先行词为人与动物或人与物时。

如：
They talked about the persons and things that they remembered at school 他们谈论着他们所能
记起的在校时的人和事。

Look at the man and his donkey that are walking up the street.瞧瞧那个沿街走来的人和他
的毛驴。

（二）关系代词as和which 引导的定语从句
as 和which 引导非限制性定语从句时，其用法有相同之处，也有不同之处。

具体情况是：1. as 和which都可以在定语从句中做主语或宾语，代表前面整个句子。

如：
He married her, as / which was natural. 他跟她结婚了，这是很自然的事。

He is honest, as / which we can see. 他很诚实，这一点我们看得出来。

2. as 引导的非限制性定语从句可以放在主句之前、主句之后，甚至还可以分割主
句。

which 引导的非限制性定语从句只可放在主句之后。

另外，as 常常有“正如、正像”的含义。

如：
As is known to all, China is a developing country. 众所周知，中国是发展中国家。

He is from the south, as we can know from his accent. 他是南方人，这一点我们从他的口音可以知道。

John, as you know, is a famous writer. 正如你所知，约翰是个著名作家。

Zhang Hua has been to Paris more than ten times, which I don’t believe. 张华已去过巴黎十多次了，这一点我不相信。

注意：当主句和从句之间存在着逻辑上的因果关系时，关系词往往只用which。

如：
Tom was late for school again and again, which made his teacher very angry. 汤姆老是迟到，这使得老师很恼火。

These tables are made of metal, which made them very heavy. 这些桌子是金属的，这使得这些桌子很重。

1. 当先行词受such, the same 修饰时，关系词常用as。

如：
I’ve never heard such stories as he tells. 我从未听过象他讲的这样的故事。

He is not such a fool as he looks. 他可不象他看上去的那样傻。

This is the same dictionary as I lost last week. 这部词典跟我上星期丢失的一样。

注意：当先行词受the same 修饰时，偶尔也用 that引导定语从句，但与as引导的定语从句意思有区别。

如：
She wore the same dress that she wore at Mary’s wedding. 她穿着她在玛丽婚礼上穿过的同一条连衣裙。

She wore the same dress as her younger sister wore. 她穿着跟她妹妹所穿的一样的连衣裙。

(三) 以the way为先行词的限制性定语从句通常由in which或that引导，而且通常可以省略。

如：
The way (that / in which ) he answered the questions was surprising. 他回答这些问题的方式令人惊奇。

I don’t like the way (that / in which) you laugh at her. 我不喜欢你冲她的样子。

Exercises:
1.There are three bedrooms in the house,_____ is Mary's.
A the smallest of which
B the smaller of which
C the smallest of them
D the smallest one
2.The Greens will move into the new house next Monday,_____ it will be completely finished.
A by the time
B by which time
C by that time
D by this time
3.Alice has a large collection of phone,_____ was taken in london.
A none of them
B no one of which
C all of which
D none of which
4.With the fast development of agriculture, the people ____ village I taught before lived a happy life.
A who
B whose
C in whose
D in which
5.There is a moutain ____ the top is always covered with snow.
A whose
B of which
C it's
D that
6.She may have missed her train, in ____ case she won't arrive for another hour.
A what
B that
C which
D this
7.1)I have three children,and two of _____ are doctors.
2)I have three children, two of ____ are doctors.
8.There two thousand students in our school,____ are girls.
A two-thirds in which
B two-thirds in them
C two-thirds of them
D of whom two thirds
9.I have bought two ballpens,_____ writes well.
A neither of them
B none of them
C neither of which
D none of which
（1---6ABDCBC 7----9B DDC）
特殊结构定语从句点击
1. These houses are sold at such a low price ________ people expected.
A. like
B. as
C. that
D. which
2. I've never heard so interesting a story ________ you told me.
A. as
B. that
C. of which
D. about which
3. I've seen the same film ________ you saw yesterday.
A. that
B. which
C. as
D. like
4. I'll buy the same coat ________ you wear.
A. that
B. which
C. as
D. like
5. He made another wonderful discovery, ________ of great importance to science.
A. which I think is
B. which I think it is
C. which I think it
D. I think is
6. ________ is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month.
A. It
B. As
C. That
D. What
7. This is the first time ________ he has been here.
A. that
B. when
C. at which
D. which
8. I don't like ________ you speak to her.
A. the way
B. they way in that
C. the way which
D. the way of which
定语从句
1．This is the best factory ____we visited last year .
A. where
B. which
C. in which
D. that
2.Is this the factory ____computers are built ?
A. that
B. which
C. in which
D. in that
3.please pass me the dictionary ____cover is red .
A. whose
B.its
C. which
D. which of
4.The man ____has arrived .
A. whom I told you
B. that I told you
C. whom I told you about him
D. I told you about
5. Do you know the comrade ____we are talking ?
A. to whom
B. to who
C. whom
D. to that
6. They visited the house ___the great writer was born .
A. from where
B. in which
C. which
D. in where
7. The comrade ___is speaking at the meeting is my teacher .
A. whom
B. which
C. who
D. whose
8. He asked us to watch carefully everything ___he did in class .
A. who
B. that
C. what
D. where
9. I’ll visit the professor tomorrow ,___he will be back from Shanghai .
A. who
B. that
C. when
D. which
10.The school ___I study is a new one .
A. on which
B. at where
C. on that
D. at which
11. China has many islands,____the largest is Taiwan .
A. in which
B. at which
C. which
D. of which
12. The city ____my mother grew up is not far from here .
A. what
B. where
C. that
D. which
13. Our teacher lives in the house ____door faces to the north .
A. which
B. his
C. that
D. whose
14. Do you know the man ___your father nodded ?
A. whom
B. to whom
C. to who
D. about whom
15.Wrestling is a sport in ___people easily get hurt .
A. that
B. when
C. which
D. what
16. I told you ____I know .
A. all that
B. all which
C. all what
D. all whom
17.China has a lot of famous writers ,one ___is Lu Xun .
A. of which
B. of whom
C. of who
D. of them
18. Is this factory ____we visited last year ?
A. in which
B. around that
C. whom
D. the one
19. Who is the man ____was there ?
A. who
B. which
C. that
D. whom
20. Is there anything ____I can do for you, sir ?
A. that
B. which
C. whose
D. who
21. I still remember the day ____she first wore that green dress .
A. which
B. in which
C. on that
D. on which
22. The knife ____we used to cut the bread is very sharp .
A. with which
B. with it
C. with that
D. which
23. The games ____the young men competed in were difficult .
A. in which
B. which
C. it
D. who
24.It rained hard yesterday, ____ prevented me from going to the park..
A. that
B. which
C. as
D. it
25. George Mallory was an English school teacher _____ loved climbing.
A. who
B. whom
C. he
D. which
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26.His parents woul dn’t let him marry anyone ______ family was poor.
A.of whom
B.whom
C.of whose
D.whose
27.She heard a terrible noise, _______ brought her heart into her mouth.
A.it
B.which
C.this
D.that
28.In the dark stre et , there wasn’t a single person _____ she could turn for help.
A.that
B.who
C.from whom
D.to whom
29.The weather turned out to be very good , ____ was more than we could expect.
A.what
B.which
C.that
D.it
30.After living in Pairs for fifty years he returned to the small town ____ he grew up as a child.
A.which
B.where
C.that
D.when
31．Carol said the work would be done by October,______personally I doubt very much.
A. it
B.that
C.when
D.which
32．Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ________,of course , made the others unhappy.
A．who B．which C．this D．what
33.Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase , _____ was very reasonable.
A.which price C.the price of which
C.its price
D.the price of whose
34._____ has already been pointed out , grammar is not a set of dead rules.
A.As
B.It
C.That
D.Which
35.He lived in London for 3 months , during ____ time he learned some English.
A.this
B.which
C.that
D.same
36.On the wall hung a picture, _____ color is blue.
A.whose
B.of which
C.which
D.its
37.Whenever I met him , ____ was fairly often, I like his sweet and hopeful smile.
A.what
B.which
C.that
D.when
38.The visitor asked the guide to take his picture _____ stands the famous tower.
A.that
B.where
C.which
D.there
39.The boss ____ department Ms King worked ten years ago look down upon women.
A.in which
B.in that
C.in whose
D.whose
40.I don’t like _____ you speak to her.
A.the way
B.the way in that
C.the way which
D.the way of which
41.I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella ._______ I got wet through .
A.It’s the reason
B.That’s why
C.There’s why
D.It’s how
42.He made another wonderful discovery , ____ of great importance to science.
A.which I think is
B.which I think it is
C.which I think it
D.I think which is。