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,little,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。
6. 用于“ only +状语”开头的句子。
Only in the way can we learn English well.
只有这样我们才能学好英语。
Only then did he know he was wrong.
直到那时他才知道他错了。
7. 用于“ so +形容词 / 副词”放在句首的 so … that 句子。
例如: So young is the boy that he can't join the army.
这孩子没到参军的年龄。
So fast is he running that he can keep up with the bike.
他跑得快得能跟上自行车。