"mood employed to denote an action or state as conceived and not as a fact," 1620s, from earlier adjectival use of subjunctive (1520s), from Late Latin subiunctivus "serving to join, connecting," from subiunct-, past participle stem of Latin subiungere "to append, add at the end, place under," from sub "under" (see sub-) + iungere "to join" (see jugular). The Latin modus subiunctivus probably is a grammarians' loan-translation of Greek hypotaktike enklisis "subordinated," so called because the Greek subjunctive mood is used almost exclusively in subordinate clauses.
雙語例句
1. The verb is in the subjunctive.
這個動詞是虛擬語氣。
來自《權威詞典》
2. In " if I were you " the verb " were " is in the subjunctive.
在 “ IfIwereyou ” 中動詞 “ were ” 是虛擬語氣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. In his lecture the teacher expanded on the uses of the English subjunctive mood.
老師在講課中詳細地講述了英語虛擬語氣的用法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. There are three kinds of mood in English: the indicative mood, the imperative mood and the subjunctive mood.
在英語中有3種語氣: 陳述語氣, 祈使語氣和虛擬語氣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. In this sentence the verb is in the subjunctive mood.