- conditional (on/upon something)
depending on something 附带条件的;依…而定的 conditional approval/acceptance 有条件的批准/接受 Payment is conditional upon delivery of the goods (= if the goods are not delivered, the money will not be paid) 货到方付款。 He was found guilty and given a conditional discharge (= allowed to go free on particular conditions). 他被判定有罪并被判处有条件的释放。 a conditional offer (= that depends on particular conditions being met) 有条件的要约
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grammar )语法 expressing something that must happen or be true if another thing is to happen or be true 条件的 a conditional sentence/clause 条件句/从句
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French condicionel or late Latin condicionalis, from condicio(n-) ‘agreement’, from condicere ‘agree upon’, from con- ‘with’ + dicere ‘say’.