only if 和 if only,调换顺序意思大不同!
2021-09-06 10:04:52 etogether.net 网络 次
不少同学搞不清 only if 和 if only 的区别,因为长得太像了,仅仅顺序调换了一下。
我们都知道if最常用来表示条件,当在其前加上only,only if 用来强调,或表示“唯一条件”,也就是“前提”,可以翻译为“前提是”、“只有”、“除非”:1. I'll tell you, but only if you don't tell anyone else.2. Only if somebody can come up with a way to turn back the clock.3. Education works only if the recipients really want it.4. Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.*注意:only if 从句在句首时,主句用倒装句结构。再来看 if only,它表达希望或愿望,翻译成“要是…就好了”,相当于 I wish:1. If only he would listen to me.2. If only I knew her name.3. If only I had known you then.4. If only I'd had one of them, it seems I could have had success, fulfilled my dreams.如果我有其中的一个,我似乎可能已经成功实现我的梦想。
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