上面讨论的关系代词一般都是单独使用，它们后面不接名词。但whose则不同，它后面必须接一个名词，而不能单独使用。因此，whose用作关系词确切来讲应该算作是关系形容词，或者叫关系限定词。另外，whose同that一样，既可以指人，也可以指物。请看例句：

1 There are nations whose lack of contact with the outside world has resulted in poverty.

妙语点睛 这里的whose与名词短语lack of contact with the outside world连用，whose修饰先行词nations。

精品译文 有些国家因为闭关锁国，缺少与其他国家的交流，导致贫困。

2 President-elect Bush inherits a nation whose citizens will be ready to assist him in the conduct of his large responsibilities.

妙语点睛 这里的whose与名词citizens连用，whose修饰先行词nation。

精品译文 总统当选人布什所接手的这个国家，其全体国民均准备好协助他来履行自己的重大责任。

3 Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe.

妙语点睛 这里的whose与名词短语productivity and social harmony连用，whose修饰先行词postwar Japan。

精品译文 战后，日本的目标一直很明确，它的生产力和社会和谐的状况为美国和欧洲所羡慕。

4 At the same time, the American Law Institute—a group of judges, lawyers, and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight—issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones.

妙语点睛 这里的whose与名词recommendations连用，whose的先行词是a group of judges, lawyers, and academics，指人。

精品译文 与此同时，美国法律研究所（由一群法官、律师和理论专家组成，他们的建议极有分量）发布了新的民事伤害法令指导方针，宣称公司不必提醒客户注意显而易见的危险，也不必连篇累牍地一再请他们注意一些可能会出现的危险。

思维训练2.5-2.6 Key

一、选择最佳答案。

1. Beer is the most popular drink among male drinkers, ______ overall consumption is significantly higher than that of women.

A. whose

B. which

C. that

D. what

2. The residents, ______ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red Cross.

A. all their homes

B. all who homes

C. all of whose homes

D. all of their homes

3. The professor and her achievement ______ you told me about are admired by us all.

A. who

B. which

C. that

D. whom

4. I don't suppose anything happens ______ he doesn't foresee.

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. as

5. They shouted with the loudest voice ______ they could.

A. when

B. that

C. which

D. what

6. This is the best book ______ on the subject.

A. which there is

B. that there is

C. which is

D. what is

7. What's in a name? That ______ we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. when

8. The meeting was postponed, ______ was exactly what I wanted.

A. that

B. which

C. and which

D. this

二、辨别改错。

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