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： :Jd7q.
(1)介词或介词短语，如but for, but that, without, in case of, under more favorable condition等。 LP vp
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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。 6h:QSVfx
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If only I had more money, I could buy a car. {:X'9NEE
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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。 [|]J8o@u^
Care must be taken in using this method lest overflow should occur.在使用此法时要小心谨慎，以免会发生溢流现象。 'Y?-."eKh
(3)通过上下文及内在含义，句中往往有but, otherwise, unfortunately等类似转折词。 L}Z.Fq J
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A more careful person would not have made so many mistakes. u0C: q`;z
A less conscientious man wouldn’t have tried so hard to get this job done. w kg4I .
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Having known in time, we might have prevented the accident. +B ? qx
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Born ten days earlier, the boy could have seen his late father. 1X Gg0SC
(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。 nrEI0E9
I intended I should call on you, but I was busy at that time. !0{SVsc )
To hear him speak French, you would take him for an Englishman. Jqoo&T")
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It would be easier to do it this way. G]lGoa}]`u
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A judicious man would not have committed suicide. 6H#: rM
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All things considered, the price would be reasonable. 6-U_TV
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Anyone who had been in your position would have done the same. VG5+
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A nation, which stopped working, would be dead in a fortnight. {vu\ qXmMv
(10)情态动词完成式暗示虚拟语气： tP'v;$)9F
I should have called to make an airline reservation, but I didn’t. G(E1 c"?
The porter ought to have called the fire-brigade as soon as he saw the fire in the stock, which went up in smoke. Tm %5:/<8
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动词原形直接用在句子中也被看作是一种虚拟，最常见于正式文体中，动词原形一般用在条件从句中，有时倒装置于句首，同时这种用法也常见于独立句中表达愿望。 (-C)A-Uo&
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All magnets behave the same, be they large or small. ,%pCcM )
She’ll be sixteen years odd, com May.(come May =when May come). teok *'b:
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