whatever, whoever, whichever引导名词性从句

3. whichever引导的名词性从句

Whichever的意思“…的那个人或事物”，在意义上大致相当于 the person or the thing that。whichever在从句中可用作主语、宾语、定语：

Buy whichever is cheapest. 买最便宜的。

Take whichever you like. 哪个你喜欢你就拿哪个。

Whichever you want is yours. 你要哪个哪个就是你的。

I’ll take whichever books you don’t want. 你不要的任何书我都要。(from www.hxen.net)

Whichever (of you) comes in first will receive a prize. 无论(你们)谁先到都可以得奖。

Whichever of us gets home first starts cooking. 我们当中无论哪个先到家，哪个就先开始做饭。

【注意】

whatever, whoever, whichever除用于引导的名词性从句外，还可用于引导状语从句，相当于no matter what (who, which)。如：

Whatever happened I must be calm. 不管发生什么情况我都要镇静。

Don’t lose heart whatever difficulties you meet. 一不管遇到什么困难都不要灰心。

I’ll post that letter whatever Wilson says. 不管威尔逊说什么，这封信我都要发出去。

He won’t eat you, whoever he is. 不管他是谁，他也不会吃了你。

Whoever you are, you can’t pass this way. 不管你是谁，都不能从这里过去。

Whoever rings, tell him I’m out. 不管谁来电话，都告诉他我不在家。

Whichever side wins, I shall be satisfied. 不管哪边赢，我都会感到满意。

It has the same result whichever way you do it. 不管你怎么做结果都一样。

Whichever you choose, they will be offended. 不管你选哪个，他们都会不高兴。