四級詞匯講解:
unless意為“除非”,表示讓步或者條件。如:
She won't be happy unless you accompany her all the time.除非你一直陪著她,不然她會不開心。
英語四級考點(diǎn)歸納:
unless與if…not都可以譯為‘’要是(不)”,但是二者在用法和含義上并非完全等同。如:
※ Unless she had noticed this,the world would have lost one of the greatest discoveries of the century.(=If she had not noticed this,the world would have lost one of the greatest discoveries of the Century.)假如她沒有注意到這一點(diǎn),世界就會失去一項那個世紀(jì)最偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)。
※ Unless I were a teacher, I would not concern myself with your morality.我又不是 老師,不會關(guān)心你的道德品質(zhì)。If I weren't a teacher, I would not concern myself with your morality.假如我不是老師的話,我就不會關(guān)心你的道德品質(zhì)了。(實(shí)際上我是老師,因此要關(guān)心你的道德品質(zhì)。)