the conditional
作不可数用法，特指条件语气或条件式这一语法范畴，前面一般加定冠词 the。
In English, the conditional is often formed with 'would' or 'would have'.
在英语中，条件式通常由 would 或 would have 构成。
条件句
conditionals — plural of conditional
条件式；条件语气；条件命题；蕴含式；条件语句；条件分支指令；条件；限制；约束；条件句；依赖于条件真假的陈述
conditional sentence
条件句；依赖于条件真假的陈述
A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
条件语气
The conditional mood.
一个句子在另一个句子为真时为真的陈述
A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
根据条件的真假进行分支的指令
An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
条件(限制或约束)
A condition (a limitation or restriction).
Before the exam, Ana asked me to help her understand the difference between a conditional and a simple statement.
考试前，安娜请我帮她理解条件句和简单陈述句之间的区别。
用法提示：conditional 在句中作名词，指“条件句”。
Our writing teacher asked each student to use at least three conditionals in their essay.
我们的写作老师要求每个学生在作文中至少使用三个条件句。
用法提示：conditionals 是 conditional 的复数形式，作名词，指“条件句”。
If you heat ice, it melts—this sentence is a good example of a conditional.
如果你加热冰，它就会融化——这句话是条件句的一个好例子。
用法提示：conditional 作名词，指“条件句”。
作不可数用法，特指条件语气或条件式这一语法范畴，前面一般加定冠词 the。
In English, the conditional is often formed with 'would' or 'would have'.
在英语中，条件式通常由 would 或 would have 构成。
指一个具体的条件句，是可数名词，复数为 conditionals。
'If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the trip' is a conditional.
“如果明天下雨，我们就取消行程”是一个条件句。
英语语法常按序数词把条件句分成 first/second/third conditional 等类型，前面用 the。
The second conditional describes imaginary situations in the present or future.
第二条件句描述现在或将来虚构的情形。
grammar · medium
易错句子In English, the second condition is used to talk about unreal situations.
正确表达In English, the second conditional is used to talk about unreal situations.
指语法上的“条件句、条件式”时，名词要用 conditional；condition 只表示“条件、状况”这一概念，不能指句子结构。这里谈的是语法术语第二条件句，所以必须用 conditional，不能用 condition。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are four main conditional in English.
正确表达There are four main conditionals in English.
conditional 作可数名词，指“一个条件句”时用 a conditional；被 four 这类大于一的数词修饰、泛指多个条件句时，必须用复数 conditionals，不能用单数形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子Conditional is difficult for many Chinese learners.
正确表达The conditional is difficult for many Chinese learners.
指“条件式”这一语法范畴时，conditional 前通常加定冠词，写作 the conditional，表示特指这一语法结构；光用零冠词的 Conditional 不符合名词用法，会被读成形容词。
第一条件句（表可能实现的将来情况）
In the first conditional, the if-clause takes the present tense and the main clause takes 'will'.
在第一条件句中，if 从句用现在时，主句用 will。
第二条件句（表现在或将来不真实的假设）
We use the second conditional to talk about imaginary situations that are not true now.
我们用第二条件句谈论现在并不真实的假设情况。
第三条件句（表对过去的虚拟）
The third conditional talks about past situations that did not actually happen.
第三条件句谈论过去实际并未发生的情况。
混合条件句（if 从句与主句所指时间不一致）
A mixed conditional combines a past condition with a present result.
混合条件句把一个过去的条件和一个现在的结果结合在一起。
零条件句（表普遍真理或习惯性结果）
The zero conditional expresses general truths and habitual results.
零条件句表达普遍真理和习惯性结果。
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条件句
Every conditional sentence has a condition and a result.
每个条件句都包含一个条件和一个结果。