(2)unless引导条件状语从句时,要注意这个连词自身在意义上是否定的:unless=if...not...,意为"除非,如果不"。
I will not go to their party unless I am invited.(=I will not go to their party if I am not invited.)
假如他们不邀请我,我不会去参加他们的聚会。
二、让步状语从句
让步状语从句表示前后句之间为让步关系。让步状语从句常由以下从属连词引导:though,although,as,even if/even though(即使),疑问词-ever/no matter+疑问词(无论......)等。
1.though,although,as,while引导的让步状语从句
这些词引导让步状语从句时,意为"虽然,尽管",although 较为正式。
Although/Though he failed many times,(still) he kept on trying.
尽管失败了很多次,他还是继续尝试。
While I like the color,I don't like the shape.
尽管我喜欢它的颜色,但不喜欢它的形状。
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(1)though和although引导的让步状语从句可放在主句之前,也可放在主句之后,不与but连用,但可与表示转折的yet,still连用。
(2)though引导的从句可以倒装,也可以不倒装,但as引导的从句一定要倒装,而although引导的从句不倒装。倒装形式为"形容词/副词/名词(不加冠词)/动词原形+though/as+主语+谓语",即将形容词、副词、分词、名词、动词原形置于句首。
Tired as/though he was,he continued working in the field.
尽管他很累,他继续在田里工作。
Child as/though he was,he had a good command of English.
尽管他是个孩子,但他精通英语。