If it should rain tomorrow we sould not go climbing.
→Should it rain tomorros iwe would not go climbing.如果明天下雨的话,我们就不能登山去了。
⒌ 用介词代替条件状语从句
常用的介词有with,without,but for。
如:What would you do with a million dollars?(=if you had a nillion dollars)如果你有100万元,你会做什么?
We couldn't have finished the work ahead of time without your help(=if we hadn't got your help)没有你的帮助,我们不可能提前完成这项工作。
Without your help we couldn't have finished the work ahead of time.
=But for your help,...
=If it had not been for your help,...
=Had it not been for you help,...
没有你的帮助,我们不可能提前完成这项工作。
⒍ 含蓄条件句
有时在虚拟语气中并不总是出现if引导的条件句,而是通过其他手段来代替条件句。
如:I was ill that day.Otherwise, would have taken part in the sports meeting.(副词)
He telephoned to inform me of your birthday,or I would have known nothing about it.(连词)
A man who stopped drinking water would be dead in about seven days.(定语从句)
I might hawe given you nore help,but I was too busy.(连词)
Everything taken into consideration they would have rai sed their output quickly.(独立主格结构)