也谈隐含条件的虚拟语气

Approaching Subjunctive Mood in Implied Conditions

虚拟语气是英语中非常重要的一种语法现象,它表示说话人所说的话不是事实,而是一种与事实相反或不大可能实现的愿望、假设等,虚拟语气一般是通过非真实条件句表现出来,本文在大量的例句基础上,对隐含条件的虚拟语气的种种表现形式进行一番梳理和探讨。

Subjunctive mood is one of the most important grammatical phenomena in English. Subjunctive is used to express a wish or hope unattainable, to indicate unreality, doubts or improbability in the present, past or future, etc…Subjunctive is usually realized by virtue of unreal conditional clauses. This paper attempts to, on the basis of profusion of examples, approach the realization modes or motivations of subjunctive mood expressed by implied conditions.