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高中英语语法新体验——从经典例句开始
1.13.2.7 7.否定意义的副词或短语位于句首时

7.否定意义的副词或短语位于句首时

否定意义的副词、短语或状语从句位于句首时,句子要部分倒装。此类否定副词(短语)有no,nowhere,no longer,rarely,at no time,never,seldom,little,by no means(决不),in no way(决不),in no case(决不),under no circumstances(无论如何都不),on no account(决不可以),not until(直到……才),in vain(徒劳无益地)等。

No longer did I bother to appear gracious,sympathetic or understanding.

我懒得再装出优雅大方、富有同情心而又通情达理的样子了。

Not until we know more will we be able to improve the situation.(人教大纲版高二上第68页)

我们只有了解更多的情况,才能够改善现状。

On no account must we give up.

我们决不放弃。

By no means was Mike the only driver to suffer misfortune.

迈克绝不是遭受不幸的唯一的司机。

In no way are we going back to a 1979-1980 recession.

我们绝不会回到1979年至1980年的经济衰退期。

In vain did he protest to the shopkeeper that it was all a joke.

他向店主抗议说这只是在开玩笑,可是不起作用。

提示:

表示否定意义的hardly和scarcely置于句首引起的倒装仅用于过去完成时中。下面的句子用于倒装是不正确的:

×Hardly could I read or write.

×Hardly did they eat anything.

×Scarcely does he get up before six.

×Scarcely have they met.