He______the meeting but upon learning that they would discuss something irrelevant to his
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He______the meeting, but upon learning that they would discuss something irrelevant to his field of study, he dropped the idea.
A.were going to attend
B.had attended
C.were to attend
D.would have attended
请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!
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正确答案:D
解析:此句是含蓄虚拟条件句,其隐含假设条件是:ifhehadnotlearnedthat.…这种含蓄虚拟句多半是前半部分虚拟,后半部分以but或unfortunately为转折,陈述真实情况,暗指“若不是这种情况存在,就……”。如此句应译成:“要不他就参加会议了,可是听说要讨论的内容与他的研究领域无关,他就放弃了参加会议的打算。”
