| 单词 | conditional |
| 释义 | conditional (once / 1274 pages) adj Something conditional is dependent on other factors. You might receive a conditional offer of acceptance from a college, depending on your high school graduation and your maintaining passing grades. For a clue to the meaning of conditional, look at an opposing term: unconditional surrender, which means someone surrenders and doesn't ask for anything in return. In a conditional surrender, someone will give up only if certain things happen. A conditional agreement is dependent on other factors: a company could make a conditional hire, meaning they'll hire you only if you finish your degree and take a blood test. When you see the word conditional, think "It depends." WORD FAMILYconditional: conditionality, conditionally, unconditional+/condition: conditional, conditioned, conditioner, conditioning, conditions, precondition, recondition/conditioned: conditioneder, unconditioned/conditioner: conditioners/conditioning: conditionings/precondition: preconditioned, preconditioning, preconditions/recondition: reconditioned, reconditioning, reconditions/unconditional: unconditionally USAGE EXAMPLESThose who want to attend a U.S. university get a letter of acceptance conditional upon completion of the ELS program. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) However, after construction started, the city revoked the conditional use permit under pressure from citizens opposed to the plant. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) No matter that freedom of movement within Europe was conditional on a three-metre-high razor fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave at Melilla. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj imposing or depending on or containing a condition conditional acceptance of the terms lent conditional support the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid Syn|Ant contrary to fact, counterfactual going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending ondetermined by conditions or circumstances that follow dependant, dependent, qualifiedcontingent on something else probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentativeunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon provisorysubject to a proviso qualifiedlimited or restricted; not absolute unconditional, unconditioned not conditional blunt, crude, starkdevoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment vestedfixed and absolute and without contingency unqualifiednot limited or restricted 2adj qualified by reservations Syn qualified limited or restricted; not absolute |
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