英語四級閱讀關(guān)鍵句：231. Had I not attended this worksho

231. Had I not attended this workshop, I would have automatically assumed the man was the best candidate because the position required quite a bit of extensive travel.

譯文

如果沒有參加過這次研討會，很自然我就會認定那位男士是最佳候選人。因為這個職位需要經(jīng)常出差。

點睛

本句的主干是I would have assumed。倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)Had I not attended this workshop為條件狀語從句；the man was the best candidate為assumed的賓語從句省略了引導(dǎo)詞that；because引導(dǎo)的是原因狀語從句。

assume的意思是“設(shè)想，認為”。如：

I cannot assume anything in this case. 在這種情況下，我無法作任何猜測。

a bit of本義是“少量，一點點”，前面加了quite，則意為“大量的”。如：

The novel will take a bit of reading. 這本小說不需要花很多時間來看。

考點歸納

由if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，有時可把if省略，將從句的系動詞或助動詞前置構(gòu)成倒裝，這種情況下句子一般采用的是虛擬語氣，表示一種假設(shè)的概念。如：

Were it not for his help, I would be in trouble. 要不是他幫忙，我就陷入麻煩了。（系動詞were前置）

Had we made adequate preparations, we might have succeeded. 我們要是準(zhǔn)備充分的話或許就成功了。（助動詞had前置）

Should he call, what would you tell him? 萬一他來電話，你怎么對他說？