| 单词 | hypothetical clause |
| 释义 | > as lemmashypothetical clause a. Grammar. Of or pertaining to the expression of a hypothetical statement, esp. in hypothetical clause, hypothetical subjunctive; loosely, = conditional adj. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > other spec. conditional1530 subcontinuative1530 precatory1610 consuetudinal1728 conjunctive1736 precative1751 requisitive1751 adhortative1815 potential1837 jussive1846 obligative1877 hypothetical1892 permissive1892 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 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [noun] > subjunctive > types of potential mooda1504 hypothetical subjunctive1961 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. i. 108 We use tenses to express thought-statements in the hypothetical clauses of conditional sentences, as in if I knew his address, I would write to him. 1902 Low & Briggs Matric. Eng. Course i. xiii. 99 The subjunctive in the protasis is called conditional, that in the apodosis is called hypothetical. 1937 H. R. Stokoe Understanding of Syntax xiv. 132 Notice too that ‘Hypothetical’ is a better term (to mean expressing a ‘hypothesis’, ‘supposition’ or ‘ condition’) than ‘Conditional’, because this latter term is applied to the whole Sentence of which the ‘Hypothetical’ Clause is a part. 1946 A. M. Clark Spoken Eng. viii. 187 The protasis is a subordinate hypothetical clause (or clauses) introduced by if.., whether..or not.., unless.., though or although.., lest [etc.]. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts vi. 132 The verb forms used as hypothetical subjunctives are forms belonging to the four past tenses. 1985 R. Quirk et al. Comprehensive Gram. Eng. Lang. iv. 232 The past tense modals can be used in the hypothetical (or unreal) sense of the past tense..in both main and subordinate clauses. < as lemmas |
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