汉语有一种复句,形式上是假设句,其主要作用却不在于假设而在于对比,或者说,是借用假设句的形式进行对比。例如: (1)如果说日常用语自然、亲切,科技术语则严密、庄重。(张静《现代汉语》下册672页) (2)老实说,如果滥用外国字使我厌恶(因为这使我们难于影响群众),那末在报上 There is a kind of complex sentence in Chinese, formally a hypothetical sentence whose main function lies not in the hypothesis, but in contrast, or in the form of borrowing hypothetical sentences. For example: (1) If the daily language is natural and cordial, the technical terms are strict and solemn. (Zhang Jing’s Modern Chinese, Volume 672) (2) To be honest, if abusing a foreign word hates me (because it makes it hard for us to influence the masses), then in the newspaper