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- subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met; made or granted on certain terms有条件的, 有前提的; 视…而定的:
Western aid was only granted conditional on further reform
只有进一步改革, 西方才会提供援助
the consortium have made a conditional offer.
这个财团提出一个有条件的报价。
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- Grammar (of a clause, phrase, conjunction, or verb form) expressing a condition【语法】(从句, 词组, 连词, 动词形式)表示条件的, 条件的。
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- Grammar & Philosophy a conditional clause or conjunction【语法, 哲】条件从句(或连词)。
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- a statement or sentence containing a conditional clause条件句。
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- mass noun Grammar the conditional mood of a verb, for example should in if I should die【语法】(动词的)条件语气(如if I should die 中的should)。
派生词
conditionality
nounconditionally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French condicionel or late Latin condicionalis, from condicio(n-) 'agreement' (see CONDITION).