"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.
双语例句
1. The verb is in the subjunctive.
这个动词是虚拟语气。
来自《权威词典》
2. In " if I were you " the verb " were " is in the subjunctive.
在 “ IfIwereyou ” 中动词 “ were ” 是虚拟语气.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. In his lecture the teacher expanded on the uses of the English subjunctive mood.
老师在讲课中详细地讲述了英语虚拟语气的用法.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. There are three kinds of mood in English: the indicative mood, the imperative mood and the subjunctive mood.
在英语中有3种语气: 陈述语气, 祈使语气和虚拟语气.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. In this sentence the verb is in the subjunctive mood.
