conditional

条件付きの

ある条件が満たされた場合にだけ可能、または有効になる。

やさしい英語で： Only possible or valid if a particular requirement is met.

• She received a conditional offer.
• Our approval is conditional on a safety inspection.
• The agreement remained conditional until both sides signed.

使い方： conditional on something (Payment is conditional on completing the work.)

類義語： dependent, qualified

反対語： unconditional

よく使う表現： conditional offer, conditional approval, conditional on something

条件的な

一つの文が正しければ、別の文も成り立つと示す。

やさしい英語で： Saying that one statement follows if another statement is true.

• This is a conditional statement.
• Conditional reasoning connects a possible situation with its result.
• The class tested whether the conditional proposition was true.

よく使う表現： conditional statement, conditional proposition, conditional reasoning

条件法

想像上の状況や、別の条件に左右される事柄を表す動詞の形。

やさしい英語で： A verb form used to talk about imagined situations or things that depend on something else.

• Use the conditional in this sentence.
• The French conditional can express a polite request.
• We practiced forming the conditional with several verbs.

よく使う表現： the conditional, use the conditional, in the conditional

条件命題、含意

ある事柄が正しければ、別の事柄も正しいと述べる文。

やさしい英語で： A statement saying that if one thing is true, another thing is true too.

• The conditional has two parts.
• A conditional can have a false first part.
• Students checked the truth of each conditional.

類義語： implication

よく使う表現： a conditional, material conditional, true conditional