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(1)介词或介词短语，如but for, but that, without, in case of, under more favorable condition等。 q+
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If only I had more money, I could buy a car. WLiF D.
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The foreign teacher spoke slowly in case we misunderstood him. 这位外籍教师说得很慢以免我们听不懂。 YMVm pcz
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Having known in time, we might have prevented the accident. db @^CS[P
Born ten days earlier, the boy could have seen his late father. ?f6S KC
(6)动词不定式短语。一般intended/meant/hoped/wished/planned 或 was/were+不定式完成式或had intended/meant/planned/hoped/wished/+不定式一般式表示虚拟。 2:<H)o B
I intended I should call on you, but I was busy at that time. f$vU$>+[
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She would be stupid not to accept his invitation. M N p4=R
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A judicious man would not have committed suicide. 7 U-}Y
A diligent student would have worked harder. PjXiYc&
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All things considered, the price would be reasonable. 0g HV(L?
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Anyone who had been in your position would have done the same. FA := )
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I should have called to make an airline reservation, but I didn’t. 5<Uh2c
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动词原形直接用在句子中也被看作是一种虚拟，最常见于正式文体中，动词原形一般用在条件从句中，有时倒装置于句首，同时这种用法也常见于独立句中表达愿望。 B/o8r4[80
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All magnets behave the same, be they large or small. &#KN"u PW
She’ll be sixteen years odd, com May.(come May =when May come). 8 nL9#b
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