conditional
adj
noun
kənˈdɪʃənəl
adj
1
if
an
offer,
agreement
etc
is
conditional,
it
will
only
be
done
if
something
else
happens
first
〔帮忙、协议等〕有条件的;
a
conditional
acceptance
有条件的接受
[+
on/upon
]
His
agreement
to
buy
our
house
was
conditional
on
our
leaving
all
the
furniture
in
it.
他同意买我们的房子，条件是要我们把所有的家具留下。
2
in
grammar,
a
conditional
sentence
is
one
that
begins
with
‘if’
or
‘unless’
and
expresses
something
that
must
be
true
or
happen
before
something
else
can
be
true
or
happen
〔语法上〕条件的〔条件句以 if 或 unless 开头〕
noun
3
a
sentence
or
CLAUSE
that
is
expressed
in
a
conditional
form
条件句; 条件从句