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： Lq3( Z%
(1)介词或介词短语，如but for, but that, without, in case of, under more favorable condition等。 %~ ;nlDw
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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。 lF)0aDk'h
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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。 Iwnj'R7 :
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(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。 E!r4AjaC
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A more careful person would not have made so many mistakes. #g5't4zqx
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Having known in time, we might have prevented the accident. C?_t8G./_
Born ten days earlier, the boy could have seen his late father. 4nX'a*'D~}
(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。 WV9[DFU
I intended I should call on you, but I was busy at that time. 2gK p\!
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She would be stupid not to accept his invitation. s.k`];wo
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A judicious man would not have committed suicide. gu~-
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All things considered, the price would be reasonable. _&8KB1~
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Anyone who had been in your position would have done the same. exa}dh/uC
A nation, which stopped working, would be dead in a fortnight. 0^|$cvY iL
(10)情态动词完成式暗示虚拟语气： 1bFEx_
I should have called to make an airline reservation, but I didn’t. rK0|9^i{
The porter ought to have called the fire-brigade as soon as he saw the fire in the stock, which went up in smoke. "1pZzad
(11)动词原形表示虚拟 8tB{ rK,
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。
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