可以引起與事實(shí)相反的方式狀語(yǔ)從句,用虛擬語(yǔ)氣
由as if、as though引起的與事實(shí)相反的句子,不論主句的謂語(yǔ)是現(xiàn)在時(shí)或者說(shuō)過(guò)去時(shí),其謂語(yǔ)表示的時(shí)間概念和句子結(jié)構(gòu),都基本上與wish后的賓語(yǔ)從句相同。例:
John pretends as if he didn’t know the thing at all, but in fact he knows it very well.
(用過(guò)去式表示與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反的假設(shè))
The old man looked at the picture, he felt as though he had gone back to time 20 years ago.
(用過(guò)去完成式表示與過(guò)去相反的事實(shí))
They talked and talked as if they would never meet again (would+動(dòng)詞原形,表示與將來(lái)事實(shí)相反)