English Dictionary

third conditional

名詞

(language education, grammar) A structure used to talk about unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an "if" clause (with a verb in the past perfect) and a main clause (with would + the bare perfect infinitive of a verb).

日本語の意味

第三条件文：過去に実際には起こらなかった事柄について、もし〜であったならという仮定のもと、その結果を表現する文型。 / 仮定法過去完了を含む構文で、過去の非現実的な条件とその結果を伝えるために使用される表現形式。

In the exam, the students were asked to identify and explain the third conditional in several example sentences.

試験では、学生たちはいくつかの例文の中で仮定法過去完了を特定し、説明するように求められました。

意味（1）

(language education, grammar) A structure used to talk about unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an "if" clause (with a verb in the past perfect) and a main clause (with would + the bare perfect infinitive of a verb).

If Columbus hadn't discovered America, he wouldn't have been famous is an example of the third conditional.

third conditionals （ plural ）