assuming that(假设/如果)本身是用作条件状语的分词短语,因此可以把它视作引导条件从句的连词,相当于if 的用法。条件从句有两种情况:一种是真实语气,表示基本与事实相符;一种是虚拟语气,表示不符合或不一定符合事实。assuming that 的用法也是如此。
如对下面句子的两种不同表述:
就算你是对的,这件事也没什么我可以做的。
Assuming you&39;re right, there&39;s not much I can do about it. 【心里承认对方是对的,只是口头上不服气】
Assuming you were right, there were not much I could do about it. 【明知对方不对,】
就算会谈取得了进展,也未免太微不足道,且为时太晚了吧?
But assuming that the talks make progress, won&39;t they dotoo little, too late? 【会谈可能会取得进展,但心服而口不服】
But assuming that the talks made progress, wouldn&39;t theydo too little, too late? 【事实上会谈没有也不会取得进展】
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