2.用法
(1) 与现在事实相反的假定,如:
if the sun stopped (停止)radiating(发射出(光,热), 辐射) heat(热) and light(光), life(生命) on earth(地球) would be impossible(不可能的) .
if i were you, i should start (开始)packing(收拾行李) now.
(2) 与过去事实相反的假定,如:
if you had started your work(工作) earlier(更早地), you would have finished(完成) it. (would: 要, 会, 就会, 将要)
(3) 推测未来不可能实现或实现可能性很小的假定。如:
if i should live(生活) in the twenty-second century(世纪), i would spend (度过)my vacation(假期)on the moon(月球).
注:
1.虚拟条件除用从句表示外,还可以通过介词短语等来表示,这时句中动词也用虚拟语气,如:
without dust(灰尘), there would be no clouds(云) and no rain(雨).
but for(要不是) your cooperation(合作), my business(企业) would have collapsed(垮掉).
2.虚拟条件句中如果出现了were, had或should等词,通常引起部分倒装,但如从句中没有were, had或should,则不能这样做。如:
e.g. had he come home(回家), he would have met(遇见) his mother(母亲).
←←←← if he had come home, he would have met his mother.