Conditional



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 有条件的
• ［英］ adj. 有条件的 ( depending on sth)
• ［记］ 来自condition ( n. 条件:con[共同]+dit[给予]+ion -> 共同给出的[条件])

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 14th century
• 1. subject to, implying, or dependent upon a condition conditional promise
• 2. expressing, containing, or implying a supposition <the conditional clause if he speaks
• 3.
  • a. true only for certain values of the variables or symbols involved <conditional equations
  • b. stating the case when one or more random variables are fixed or one or more events are known <conditional frequency distribution
• 4.
  • a. conditioned 2 <conditional reflex<conditional response
  • b. established by conditioning as the stimulus eliciting a conditional response
• ? conditionality noun
• ? conditionally adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1828
• 1. a conditional word, clause, verb form, or morpheme
• 2. implication 2b

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