whoever /huːˈɛvə/ star2 CET4 TEM4

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  CONJ（连词） You use whoever to refer to someone when their identity is not yet known. 无论谁 (表示不确切知道是谁)

  例：

  Whoever did this will sooner or later be caught and will be punished.

  无论是谁干的，迟早都会被抓住并被惩罚。

• 2.  

  CONJ（连词） You use whoever to indicate that the actual identity of the person who does something will not affect a situation. 无论谁 (表示做某件事的人的身份无关紧要)

  例：

  You can have whoever you like to visit you.

  你可以让任何你想见的人拜访你。

• 3.  

  QUEST（疑问词） You use whoever in questions as an emphatic way of saying "who," usually when you are surprised about something. 究竟谁 (用于疑问句中，是who的强调形式,通常表示对某事感到惊讶)[强调]

  例：

  Whoever thought up that joke?

  究竟是谁想出那个笑话的？