| 词组 | unless |
| 释义 | unless You usually use unless to say that something can only happen or be true in particular circumstances. For example, instead of saying 'I will go to France only if the firm pays my expenses', you can say 'I will not go to France unless the firm pays my expenses'. In Scotland you have no right to keep people off your land unless they are doing damage. Note that in the subordinate clause you use the simple present tense. You do not say, for example, 'I will not go to France unless the firm will pay my expenses'. When you are talking about a situation in the past, you use the simple past tense after unless. She wouldn't go with him unless I came too. You also use unless to mention the only circumstances in which something will not happen or be true. For example, instead of saying 'If we are not told to stop, we will carry on selling the furniture', you can say 'We will carry on selling the furniture unless we are told to stop'. The mail will go by air unless it is quicker by other means. We might as well stop unless you've got something else you want to talk about. ◊ WARNING You do not use unless to say that something would happen or be true if particular circumstances did not exist. For example, if you have a cold, you do not say 'I would go to the party unless I had this cold'. You say 'I would go to the party if I didn't have this cold'. She'd be pretty if she didn't wear so much make-up. |
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