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单词 unless
释义 un·less
I. \(ˌ)ənˈles sometimes ən-\ conjunction
Etymology: Middle English unlesse (than), unlesse (that), alteration (influenced by un-) (I) of onlesse (than), onlesse (that), from on + lesse less — more at on, less
1. : under any other circumstance than that : except on the condition that : if … not
 < would have been destroyed unless a regiment … had been sent — J.J.Chapman >
 < modern man is obsolete … unless he can stop world wars — Stuart Chase >
 < no person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses — U.S. Constitution >
2. : without the accompanying circumstance or condition that : but that : but
 < never a day goes by unless at least one collision occurs — Priscilla Hughes >
II. preposition
Etymology: Middle English unlesse (than), alteration of onlesse (than), from on + lesse
: except possibly : except
 < no one (unless the psychotherapists who have to deal with the casualties) seems seriously to have considered the dangers — New Republic >
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