| 单词 | rejected condition |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrejected condition rejected condition n. Grammar a condition (typically introduced in English by an if-clause) that is not expected to be realized. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > clause > conditional clause condition1864 rejected condition1891 hypothetical clause1892 if-clause1893 then-clause1927 hypothetical1957 1891 E. A. Sonnenschein Plautus' Rudens Notes 96 Sciam for scirem, a rejected condition of present time. 1933 O. Jespersen Essentials Eng. Gram. xxiv. 203 In the main sentence of rejected condition (expressed or implied) would and should is now the rule. 1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) v. ii. 218 Clauses expressing a condition that is not, or is not likely to be, realized (I should not mind so much, if I was not so busy) are called clauses of rejected condition. 1991 M. Rydén in D. Kastovsky Hist. Eng. Syntax 350 In hypothetical clauses of rejected condition with verb + ‘past’ of the type I should not have been sorry if you had entered a little more into Peninsular politics, be is used only exceptionally. < as lemmas |
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