It is a function, if not the function, of an adverb to modify verbs.
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It is a function, if not the function, of an adverb to modify verbs.
if not the function 是个省略句,等于 if it is not the function。
它被插在主句中间,是为了简练,借用前面的 it is 而省略,读者一看就知道省略了什么。正常的语序是:
It is a function of an adverb to modify verbs if it is not the function。
【翻译】这是副词修饰动词的功能,即便不是那种功能。
(the function 指前文提到的那种语法功能,属于特指,所以加了定冠词)
这种在 if 从句省略成分的现象,英语中很常见,又如:
She sings as well as, if not better than, her sister.
她唱歌如果不比她姐姐好,至少也跟她姐姐一样。
如果不省略,则非常啰嗦,重复很多成分。即:
She sings as well as her sister if she does not sing better than her sister.
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