含蓄條件句
有時(shí)為了表達(dá)的需要,在虛擬語氣中并不總是出現(xiàn)if引導(dǎo)的條件句,而通過其他手段來代替條件句。
常用的詞有 with, without, but for, otherwise, or或分詞結(jié)構(gòu),和獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)。如:
I was ill that day. Otherwise, I would have taken part in the sports meeting.
He telephoned to inform me of your birthday, or I would have known nothing about it.
A man who stopped drinking water would be dead in about seven days.
I might have given you more help, but I was too busy.
Everything taken into consideration, they would have raised their output quickly.