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unless

/uhn-les, uhn-/US // ʌnˈlɛs, ən- //UK // (ʌnˈlɛs) //

除非,除非有

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Definitions

conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : except under the circumstances that: I'll be there at nine, unless the train is late.
prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.

  • It is grandstanding for a right rarely protected unless under immediate attack.

  • They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.

  • Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.

  • In some ways I never got out of that unless realizing… well, that kind of seals it off.

  • For instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.

  • This was why we resolved, at the time of our arrival, not to baptize any adults unless they were previously well catechized.

  • However great the power of Revival, there is no memory unless there was a First Impression.

  • If we set him adrift the poor child would starve—unless the cat got him.

  • The intensity of his sensations seemed inexplicable, unless some reality, some truth, lay behind them.