5. 用于 so,neither,nor 开头的句子,表示重复前句的部分内容。原句的谓语应与前句的谓语的时态、形式相一致。例如:
He has been to Canada. So have I.
他去过加拿大,我也去过。
You can't speak French. Neither can she.
你不会说法语,她也不会。
6. 为了保持句子平衡,或为了强调表语或状语,或是上下文紧密衔接时。例如:
They arrived at a small village,in front of which was a big river.
他们来到一个小村庄,村庄前面是条大河。
Inside the pyramids are the burial rooms for the kings and queens.
在金字塔里面有埋葬国王和王后的墓室。
二、部分倒装
1. 用于疑问句。例如:
Do they work in the factory?
他们在这家工厂上班吗?
2. 用于省略的虚拟条件状语从句。例如:
Had I seen him yesterday wouldn't go to his house now.
如果我昨天见到他了,我现在就不去他家了。
3. 用于“形容词(或名词、动词)+ as (though)”引导的让步状语从句中。例如:
Young as he is,he knows a lot.
他虽然很年轻,但知道很多。
Try as he would,he might failed again.
他虽然可以试试,可能还会失败。
注意:如果从句的表语是名词,其名词前无形容词时,不用冠词;若有形容词要用冠词。
Child as he was,he had to make a living.
他虽是个孩子,但得糊口。
A bad-tempered man as Mr Chen is,he loves us deeply.
陈老师脾气不好,但他深深地爱着我们。
4. 用于 no sooner … than … , hardly … when 和 not until 等句型。例如:
No sooner had I come in,the telephone rang.
我刚进屋,电话铃就响了。
Not until 12 did he go to sleep.
直到 12 点他才入睡。
5. 用于 never,hardly,seldom,scarcely,barely,ittle,at no time,not only 等开头的句子。
Never shall I do this again. 我绝不会再做此事。
Seldom does he come late. 他很少迟到。