专四词汇语法：OnTheUnderstandingThat：以……为条件

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　　Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he was "very disappointed and surprised" that his son had continued to receive payments until this February from a firm that had a contract with Iraq's oil-for-food program, the subject of numerous corruption investigations.
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　　Annan told reporters that he had been working on the understanding that payments to his son, Kojo Annan, from the Swiss-based firm Cotecna Inspection S.A. stopped in 1998 "and I had not expected that the relationship continued."
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+ K( {- {2 E4 z& T/ W　　On the understanding that是一个固定词组，表示“如果，以……为前提条件”，例如：Participants of this action will only be accepted on the understanding that they are aware of these risks and wish to participate of their own free will.（只有那些了解自己所冒的风险、并出于自愿的参与者才能够参加此次行动。） I gave her some money on the understanding that she should spend it on books .（我给了她一些钱，前提是她得把这钱花在买书上。）

　　此前，安南曾两度在联合国表示，他的儿子是在该公司实习，1999年底离开，并没有涉及该公司任何有关石油换食品计划合约。