without短语有时放在句首,有时放在句末,可以构成无动词条件从句,一般都可扩充为条件状语从句。
Without you, we should be helpless. 没有你,我们就无依无靠。(Without you=If we had not you)
We can do nothing without his consenting. 他若不同意,我们就毫无办法了。(without his consenting=unless he consents)
Without leave from the master, we should not go out. 老师不准假,我们不应当出去。(Without leave from the master=Unless we got leave from the master)
We wouldn't have achieved so much without the correct leadership of the Party. 如果没有党的正确领导,我们不会有这么大的成就。(without the correct leadership of the Party=if there hadn't been the correct leadership of the Party)