问英语｜英语常见问题解答

核心问题 1

...we'd be better off today if your proposal had succeeded. (Hillary, Living History, p. 335) 上面的句子并不符合您在以上各条中所讲的虚拟语气所表达的时间关系。如何解释虚拟语气的此种用法？

词典解答 1

以上各条所讲的只是虚拟语气所表达的简单的时间关系。上句则涉及到比较复杂的时间关系:从句表示与过去的事实相反,主句表达与现在的事实相反。这种句子叫做错综时间条件句,见 conditional sentences of mixed time。上面的句子似可译为:假如当年您的计划成功了,那我们今天的情况可就好多了。

subjunctive mood used in adverbial clause of concession(用于让步状语从句的虚拟语气) 见 be $^{3}$ , though it be, whether they be, should $^{14}$

subjunctive mood used in adverbial clause of purpose(用于目的从句的虚拟语气) 见 lest, case $^{1-3}$ , in order that

subjunctive mood used in appositive clause(用于同位语从句的虚拟语气) 见 requirement

subjunctive mood used in attributive clause(用于定语从句的虚拟语气) 见 time

subjunctive mood used in object clause(用于宾语从句的虚拟语气) 见 wish, had rather, would, demand that, request, insist, order, should $^{5}$ , suggest

subjunctive mood used in predicative clause(用于表语从句的虚拟语气) 见 requirement

subjunctive mood used in subject clause(用于主语从句的虚拟语气) 见 essential subsequently

核心问题 2

Agriculture was a step in human progress ____ which subsequently there was not anything comparable until our own machine age.

A. to B. in C. for D. from(全国四级,00.12-64)

[原译]农业在人类发展中是一个台阶,因此直到机器时代的来临才有可与之相比较的。(《大学英语四级历年考试试题详解》,外文出版社,p.335)

请问 subsequently 在这里是“因此”的意思吗?

词典解答 2

subsequently 在这里作“随后”“之后”“后来”(afterwards)解。例如：The Queen visited the new museum and subsequently attended a banquet in the Town Hall. 女王参观了新博物馆，接着出席了在市政厅举行的宴会。

[试题句意]农业是人类进步史上重要的一步,之后直到机器时代,没有什么可与之相比的。