| 单词 | if-clause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif-clause if-clause n. a clause of condition or supposition introduced by the word if. 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 1893 J. A. Turner & A. R. S. Hallidie Primary Eng. Gram. 113 The if-clause tells us when, or under what circumstances the desert would be a paradise. 1904 C. T. Onions Advanced Eng. Syntax 57 A Complex Sentence consisting of an Adverb Clause of Condition (the If-Clause, sometimes called the Protasis) and a Principal Clause (sometimes called the Apodosis) is called a Conditional Sentence. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 576/2 It [sc. the word were] is entirely out of place in an if-clause concerned with past actualities & not answered by a were or would be in the apodosis. 1964 Eng. Stud. 45 85 The meaningful weight of the complete sentence may move from the if-clause to the headclause. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising vi. 61 Favourite openings are..if clauses. < as lemmas |
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