關係代詞型的what的基本用法總結如下：
what可引導從句，表示「the thing which...」
That’s whatI want to know.
這正是我想知道的。
Whatyou said is quite right.
你說的完全正確。
Show me whatyou have in your hand.
你手上的東西給我看看。
這種what引導的從句，相當於「名詞+關係從句」：
What you need
你需要的東西
What I want to say
我想說的話
What I don’t understand
我所不能理解的（事）
What we have to consider
我必須考慮的事
因此，這種what稱為「關係代詞型的what」（relative what）,它引導的從句在句中可用作：
1）主語
After all,if it’s true thatwhat goes around comes around,why not make sure that what’s circulating around you is the good staff ?
歸根到底，假如因果循環是正確的，為何不去確認一下身邊對你有益的事物呢？
What worriesme is how he will pay his workers.
我擔心的是他將如何支付工人工資。
Whatyou』ve told me confirms my worst fears.
你的話證實了我最擔心的事。
What he needs is true friendship.
他所需要的是真正的友誼。
2）動詞賓語
You will never have whatyou like until you learn to like what you have.
想得到你喜歡的東西，要先學會喜歡你已經有的東西。
Call it whatyou will,it’s still a problem.
不管怎麼說，這仍然是個問題。
Could you go and seewhat the children are doing ?
你去看看孩子們在幹什麼呢，好嗎？
I don’t care whatthe world thinks.
我不在乎社會怎麼看。
Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers ? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question.
為什麼那麼多美國人不相信報紙上的內容？美國報紙編輯協會正試圖回答這個令人頭疼的問題。
3）介詞賓語
And that’s my opinion,for whatit’s worth.
不管有用沒用，這就是我的意見。
After whathe did to my family,I hate him.
由於他對我家的所作所為，我才恨他。
I have a lot of sympathy for whatthey’re trying to do.
我頗為贊同他們正在嘗試做的事。
I』ve achieved only half of whatI』d hoped to do.
我希望做到的，我僅完成了一半。
There is little agreement as to whatour policy should be.
我們在政策方針上幾乎沒有一致的意見。
4）表語
Bewhat you appear to be.
要表裡如一。
Times aren’t whatthey were.
時代不同了。
Your grandpa’s health is not whatit ought to be.
你祖父的健康狀況不理想。
5）插入語
Then I discovered,what was news to me,that this girl is the very one I helped years ago.
這時我發現了一件新鮮事，這個女孩正是我幾年前幫助過的那個女孩。
He knows several foreign languages,and,what』s more important,he speaks all of them very fluently.
他會好幾種語言，更為重要的是，每一種他都講得很流利。
He went to the meeting,and,what was worse,he insisted on speaking.
他參加了會議，更糟糕的是，他還堅持要發言。
6）在從句中what有時用作定語
What littlehe said on the subject was full of wisdom.
他對這問題的寥寥數語中充滿了智慧。
What few friendsI have here have been very kind to me.
我這裡的少數幾個朋友都對我很好。
What educationI have is fragmentary,sketchy.
我受的那點教育都是支離破碎的，不完全的。
I will give you what helpI can.
我將儘量幫助你。
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