今天我们来揭开英文虚拟式的神秘面纱。

Today, we are going to unravel the mystery of the English subjunctive.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 今天 jīntiān
  1. today
  2. the present time; now
2 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
3 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
4 揭开 jiēkāi
  1. to uncover
  2. to open
5 英文 Yīngwén English (language)
6 虚拟 xūnǐ
  1. to imagine; to make up
  2. fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
  3. (computing) to emulate
  4. (computing) virtual
7 式 shì
  1. type
  2. form
  3. pattern
  4. style
=8 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 神秘面纱 shénmìmiànshā veil of mystery