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    subjunctive

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Grammar
    sub·junc·tive /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ noun [countable]  SLGa verb form or a set of verb forms in grammar, used in some languages to express doubt, wishes etc. For example, in ‘if I were you’, the verb ‘to be’ is in the subjunctive. 〔语法中的〕虚拟语气〔如在 if I were you 中， be 动词是虚拟语气〕 → imperative, indicative —subjunctive adjective
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    subjunctive• Hasn't Mr Brittlebrain ever heard of the subjunctive?    Origin subjunctive (1500-1600) Late Latin subjunctivus, from Latin subjunctus, past participle of subjungere “to join below, subordinate”
    sub·junc·tive nounChineseSyllable
    in or form verb a grammar, a verb set forms of Corpus


    subjunctive
    sub‧junc‧tive /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Late Latin
     Origin: subjunctivus, from Latin subjunctus, past participle of subjungere 'to join below, subordinate'
    a verb form or a set of verb forms in grammar, used in some languages to express doubt, wishes etc. For example, in ‘if I were you’, the verb ‘to be’ is in the subjunctive. ⇨ imperative, indicative
    —subjunctive adjective


    sub·junct·iveBrE /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ 🔊NAmE /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ 🔊 noun (grammar 语法) the form (or mood) of a verb that expresses wishes, possibility or uncertainty; a verb in this form 虚拟式；虚拟语气◆The verb is in the subjunctive. 这个动词是虚拟语气。🔊🔊◆In 'I wish I were taller', 'were' is a subjunctive. 在 I wish I were taller 中，were 是虚拟式。🔊🔊▸ sub·junct·ive adjective◆the subjunctive mood虚拟语气