unless
conj
if...not; except if or except when 如果不; 除非; 除非在...的時候
You'll fail in French unless you work harder. 你要是不再加把勁兒, 法語就考不及格了.
Unless England improve their game they're going to lose the match. 英格蘭隊如果不改進打法, 就會輸掉這?quot;熱?
I wouldn't be saying this unless I were sure of the facts. 要是我對這些事情沒有把握, 我就不說這話了.
Come at 8 o'clock unless I phone, eg to tell you a different time. 請8點鐘來, 如果我不打電話 的話.
I sleep with the window open unless it`s really cold. 我總是開著窗戶睡覺, 除非天氣非常冷才關上窗戶. unless, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Unless and if...not can often be used in the same way *unless和if...not的用法常常是相同的
Follow the green signs unless you have goods to declare/if you haven't any goods to declare. 未攜須申報貨物者, 沿綠色標記通行. Unless cannot be used when referring to the result of something not happening and is, therefore, not used in `imaginary' conditional sentences *unless不可用以指尚未發生的事情之結果, 因而不可用於`假想的'條件句中
We would have had a lovely holiday if it hadn't rained (NOT unless it had rained) every day. 要不是天天下雨的話, 我們的假日就過得痛快了. (本句中不可用unless it had rained.)
I'll be sorry if she doesn't come (NOT unless she comes) to the party. 萬一她不來參加聚會, 我就感到太遺憾了. (本句中不可用unless she comes.) Unless(not if...not) is often used to introduce an afterthought,ie something added to the main statement *unless(并非if...not)常用以引導出補充前言的話, 即是對剛說過的話想到要加些補充
She hasn't got any hobbies unless you call watching TV a hobby. 她沒有任何嗜好--除非把看電視也算作嗜好的話.
Have a cup of tea unless you'd prefer a cold drink. 喝一杯茶吧--除非你想喝冷飲.
?? 擴展釋義
*[,?n'les]conj. 除非prep. 除...之外【法】 除非, 如果不相關詞組: unless and until