含蓄条件句是指句中没有明显的虚拟条件句，而是利用其他手段来暗示存在虚拟条件。但是这类隐含式虚拟条件句往往都可以转化为if引导的条件句。常来表示含蓄虚拟条件的手段有： `G`R|B
(1)介词或介词短语，如but for, but that, without, in case of, under more favorable condition等。 e:'56?|
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(2)连词，如：so that, unless, in case, supposing, lest, provided(倘若……)，for fear that(唯恐)，in order that, on condition that, if only(要是……就好了)等。 +> !n
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The foreign teacher spoke slowly in case we misunderstood him. 这位外籍教师说得很慢以免我们听不懂。 W~D_+[P|_
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A more careful person would not have made so many mistakes. f ?k0(rl
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Having known in time, we might have prevented the accident. ={oNY.(Q
Born ten days earlier, the boy could have seen his late father. MAFdJ +n#
(6)动词不定式短语。一般intended/meant/hoped/wished/planned 或 was/were+不定式完成式或had intended/meant/planned/hoped/wished/+不定式一般式表示虚拟。 Yn= "vpM1
I intended I should call on you, but I was busy at that time. yFDe Y PZP
To hear him speak French, you would take him for an Englishman. iUR ij@
She would be stupid not to accept his invitation. p l&nr7\
It would be easier to do it this way. Kh$"5dy
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A judicious man would not have committed suicide. 9c)#j&2? H
A diligent student would have worked harder. UcQ]n0J=Z
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All things considered, the price would be reasonable. /CsP@f_Gw
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Anyone who had been in your position would have done the same. %CiF;wJ
A nation, which stopped working, would be dead in a fortnight. o6O-\d7^M
(10)情态动词完成式暗示虚拟语气： ZJBb% d1;
I should have called to make an airline reservation, but I didn’t. sS}: O d
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She’ll be sixteen years odd, com May.(come May =when May come).
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