assuming that（假設(shè)/如果）本身是用作條件狀語的分詞短語，因此可以把它視作引導(dǎo)條件從句的連詞，相當(dāng)于if 的用法。條件從句有兩種情況：一種是真實語氣，表示基本與事實相符；一種是虛擬語氣，表示不符合或不一定符合事實。assuming that 的用法也是如此。

如對下面句子的兩種不同表述：

就算你是對的，這件事也沒什么我可以做的。

Assuming you're right, there's not much I can do about it. 【心里承認(rèn)對方是對的，只是口頭上不服氣】

Assuming you were right, there were not much I could do about it. 【明知對方不對，】

就算會談取得了發(fā)展，也未免太微不足道，且為時太晚了吧?

But assuming that the talks make progress, won't they dotoo little, too late? 【會談可能會取得發(fā)展，但心服而口不服】

But assuming that the talks made progress, wouldn't theydo too little, too late? 【事實上會談沒有也不會取得發(fā)展】

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