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问题: 关于定语从句,which的特殊用法,举出一个简单例句

(4) which还有一种特殊用法,它可以引导从句修饰前面的整个主句,代替主句所表示的整体概念或部分概念。在这种从句中,which可以作主语,也可以作宾语或表语,多数情况下意思是与and this 相似,并可以指人。指人时,一般指从事某种职业或是有种特征.品性或才能的人。例如:

He succeeded in the competition, which made his parents very happy.

请分别举出which作主语、表语、宾语的简单例句
并翻译上句。
此句中which可否换成that?为什么?

解答:

He succeeded in the competition, which made his parents very happy.
他在那场比赛中胜利,这件事使他的父母非常高兴。(这个which做主语)
这句中的which不能用that替换,因为只有非限制性定语从句才能将整个主句作为先行词, 对其进行修饰。但是关系代词that和关系副词why不能引导非限制性定语从句。所以这里不能用that.

He seems not to have grasped what I meant, which I worry about.
他似乎没抓住我的意思,这就是我担心的。(which做宾语)

没看到过which引导的非限定定语从句,修饰整个主句并在从句中做表语的情况