关于这句话Evenifthesunweretoriseinthewest,Iwouldneverbreakmypromise/words.请问为什么是weretorise呢?用rose行吗?书上的用法也是weretorise,只是我不明白为什么这么用,请问在什么情况下这么用呢

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Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I would never break my promise/words.
请问为什么是were to rise呢?用rose行吗?
书上的用法也是were to rise,只是我不明白为什么这么用,请问在什么情况下这么用呢?

Answer 1

Even if ...were to...表示一种虚拟语气,一般是不可能发生的事情
用rose不行
例句：
Even if they were to fail,they wouldn't lose courage.
说话人不希望假设的情况发生）即使他们万一失败,他们也不会泄气.
Even if I were to die now,I would still be very happy!
即使我现在死了,也会很快乐!
Even if he were to renounce his kingship,though,the man remains an oath breaker.
但就算愿意放弃王权,这个男的终究是个背誓者.
Even if you were to strike down the Lich King another would have to take his place.
即使你终结了巫妖王,也会有其他人继承这个位置的.
Even if we were to have GM soy,it wouldn't make a lot of difference to what we can grow.
即使我们进口转基因大豆,也不会对我们目前的播种格局造成太大影响.
Even if everyone were to use the same browser,not everyone would have the same resolution as you.
呈现在两个浏览器中的页面不会完全相同.