which

pron. 哪/那一個(gè)；哪/那一些

adj. 哪一個(gè)；哪一些

中文詞源

which 哪一件

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)hwi-lic,什么樣的，hwi,什么，詞源同what,lic,樣子，物體，詞源同like。引申詞義哪一個(gè)，哪一件。

which: which: [OE] Etymologically, which means ‘what like, of what form or sort?’ The word was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the interrogative base *khwa-, *khwe- (source of English what, who, etc) and *līka- ‘body, form’ (source of English like and also incorporated into English each and such). Its Germanic relatives include German welch and Dutch welk ‘which’.
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which (pron.): Old English hwilc (West Saxon, Anglian), hw?lc (Northumbrian) "which," short for hwi-lic "of what form," from Proto-Germanic *hwa-lik- (cognates: Old Saxon hwilik, Old Norse hvelikr, Swedish vilken, Old Frisian hwelik, Middle Dutch wilk, Dutch welk, Old High German hwelich, German welch, Gothic hvileiks "which"), from *hwi- "who" (see who) + *likan "body, form" (cognates: Old English lic "body;" see like (adj.)). In Middle English used as a relative pronoun where Modern English would use who, as still in the Lord's Prayer. Old English also had parallel forms hwelc and hwylc, which disappeared 15c.

1. He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.: 他靠每周領(lǐng)取的作為病殘養(yǎng)老金的直接轉(zhuǎn)賬救濟(jì)支票過(guò)日子。

2. Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda.: 政客們想要的是不問(wèn)是非、甘為他們搞宣傳的哈巴狗一樣的新聞媒體。

3. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.: 我們那時(shí)在同一所學(xué)院，當(dāng)時(shí)只招男生。

4. We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.: 我們得到了通常難以獲取的大量數(shù)據(jù)。

5. "Which one of these do you want?" — "I don't mind.": “你想要這里面的哪一個(gè)？”——“都可以。”