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高中英语语法新体验——从经典例句开始
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11.否定意义的关联词位于句首时

当一些否定意义的关联词如no sooner..than(刚……就),scarcely..when/ before(刚……就),hardly..when(刚……就),not..only..(but)also(不但……而且),neither..nor(既不……也不)等位于句首时,该句子须部分倒装。

No sooner was he back home than it began to rain.

他刚一回家,就下雨了。

提示:

在no sooner..than句型中,主句更多的时候用过去完成时。

Alas,no sooner had he started than he realized it was no longer what he wanted.

唉!他刚开始就意识到这个不再是他所要的了。

Scarcely had they started lunch when the doorbell rang.

他们刚开始吃饭,门铃就响了。

Scarcely had I retired be fore my labor began.

我才退休,又要开始工作了。

Hardly had I solved the problem when a new one arose.

我刚解决了这个问题,又出现了新的问题。

Not only did Xiaohua learn a lot of English from her Canadian teacher,she also became very interested in Canada.(人教大纲版高一上第95页)

小华不仅从她的加拿大老师那里学了很多英语,而且也对加拿大感兴趣起来。

Neither could theory do without practice,nor could practice do without theory.

理论离不开实践,反之亦然。