有这样一道题: He told me that he wouldn't go to the party ____ invited. (A. unless was B. Until C. without D. if not) 我无法确定哪一个是正确答案,我觉的应选if not,而without显然是不对的。烦请解答。
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Unless you call me to say you're not coming, I'll see you at the cinema.(=if you don't call me to say you're not coming.)
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在心里存在否定时,不用unless 代替 if not。例如:
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至于until ,着重的是时间,不象 unless那样着重条件。如果此处用 until,我未曾见过 until后直接用过去分词的例子。用 unless instructed 似乎能成立。Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(1987)有例句

on't leave the building unless instructed to do so. 但是不能填unless was ,我想不起有 unless was invited这样的结构。