He walks slowly as though he were sick.这句话中从句里用了were,请问这里涉及到了什么语言点?

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He walks slowly as though he were sick.这句话中从句里用了were,请问这里涉及到了什么语言点?
语法书我是跳着看的,这里书上只提示:其实他没生病,肯定书的前面已经讲过这个语法了,我想知道这里涉及到了什么语言点,好回头去看,谢谢了

as though 是好像,似乎的意思.也就是这句话用的是虚拟语气(英语中语气有直陈语气,祈使语气及虚拟语气,)在虚拟语气中,不管人称是什么,be动词都用were,
去好好看看关于 虚拟语气的语法内容吧,朋友