Difference between revisions of "Expressing "unless" with "chufei""

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Revision as of 08:18, 15 June 2012

除非 (chúfēi) can be used as a conjunction, and means "unless". 否则 or 不然 often appear in the following phrase, to form a construction meaning "unless X, otherwise Y":

除非 X 否则/不然 Y

For example:

  • 除非 理由 很 充分,否则 公司 不 允许 员工 请假。
  • 除非 希腊 债务 问题 得以 解决,不然 欧洲 的 经济 无法 恢复 正常。
  • 除非 能 申请 到 银行 贷款,否则 我们 就 会 破产。

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