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在虚拟条件句中,当主语为第一人称和第三人称单数时,谓语用were,在口语中也可用was。
I were/ was better qualified,I"d apply for the job.如果我的条件好一些,我就申请那份工作了。
If he was/ were here,we would ask him.要是他在这儿,我们可以问他。
在下列场合中,谓语用were不能用was:
1.当条件句为省略if的条件句时。
Were the government to cut Value Added Tax, prices would fall.假如政府削减增值税,物价就会下跌。
Were a serious crisis to arise, the government would have to act swiftly.如果发生严重的危机,政府将不得不迅速采取行动。
Were he to tell us everything, we could try to solve his problem.要是他把一切都告诉我们,我们可以想办法解决他的问题。
2.当条件句为 if I were you时,几乎永远用were不用was。
If I were you I should get the car serviced.我要是你,我就把那辆汽车送去检修。
3.当条件句为 If it were not for…或 Were it not for…时。
Were it not for your help,I would still be homeless.要不是你的帮助,我仍会无家可归。
Were it not for your help,I could never go to university.要不是你的帮助,我绝不可能上大学。
4.在 as It were意为“好像,可以说”这个从句中时。
The sky is covered,as It were,with a black curtain.天空好像被黑幕遮住了似的。
He" s a sort of Japanese Marlon Brando,as It were.在一定程度上,可以说他是日本的马龙·白兰度。
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