“只要”在英语中有多种常见表达,具体使用哪个取决于语境,以下为你详细介绍:
含义:表示条件,强调只要满足某个条件,就会产生相应的结果,带有一种“只要……就……”的逻辑关系。
例句
As long as you study hard, you will pass the exam.(只要你努力学习,你就会通过考试。)
You can go out to play as long as you finish your homework.(只要你完成作业,你就可以出去玩。)
含义:与“as long as”意思相近,同样用于表示条件,在语义和用法上几乎可以互换,但在一些较为正式或文学性的语境中,“so long as”可能会更常用一些。
例句
So long as we work together, there is nothing we cannot achieve.(只要我们携手合作,就没有什么是我们无法实现的。)
So long as you promise to be back by 10 o'clock, you can go to the party.(只要你答应10点前回来,你就可以去参加聚会。)
含义:也用于引出条件,意思是“如果;只要”,带有一种假设和前提的意味。
例句
I will come to the meeting provided (that) I am free.(只要我有空,我就会来参加会议。)
Providing (that) the weather is fine, we will go for a picnic this weekend.(只要天气好,我们这个周末就去野餐。)
含义:较为正式的表达,意思是“在……条件下;只要”,强调在满足特定条件的情况下,某事才会发生。
例句
I will lend you the book on condition that you return it next week.(只要你下周还书,我就把这本书借给你。)
The company agreed to the merger on condition that all employees kept their jobs.(公司同意合并,条件是所有员工都保留工作。)