Only after he had spoken out the word did he realize he had made a big mistake.
只有當他已經說出那個字後才意識到自己犯了個大錯誤。
2. hardly,in no way,little,scarcely,seldom,never,no more, no longer,not, not only, no sooner, not only … (but also),not until… 等具有否定意義的詞或片語位於句首,句子用部分倒裝。
例子:
No sooner had I got home than it began to rain.
我剛到家就下起了雨。
Seldom do I go to work by bus.
我很少乘公共汽車上班。
她還沒來得及坐下來，就聽見有人敲門。
Not until twelve o"clock did she go to bed last night .
3. so / such...that結構中的so或such位於句首可以構成部分倒裝句,表示強調so /such和that之間的部分。
例子:
So unreasonable was his price that everybody startled.
他的要價太離譜,令每個人都瞠目結舌。
To such length did she go in rehearsal that the two actors walked out.
倒裝句最突出、最常見的修辭效果就是強調,其表現形式如下:
1.only +狀語或狀語從句置於句首,句子用部分倒裝。
例子:
Only in this way can you solve this problem.
只有用這種方法,你才可以解決這個問題。
Only after he had spoken out the word did he realize he had made a big mistake.
只有當他已經說出那個字後才意識到自己犯了個大錯誤。
2. hardly,in no way,little,scarcely,seldom,never,no more, no longer,not, not only, no sooner, not only … (but also),not until… 等具有否定意義的詞或片語位於句首,句子用部分倒裝。
例子:
No sooner had I got home than it began to rain.
我剛到家就下起了雨。
Seldom do I go to work by bus.
我很少乘公共汽車上班。
她還沒來得及坐下來，就聽見有人敲門。
Not until twelve o"clock did she go to bed last night .
3. so / such...that結構中的so或such位於句首可以構成部分倒裝句,表示強調so /such和that之間的部分。
例子:
So unreasonable was his price that everybody startled.
他的要價太離譜,令每個人都瞠目結舌。
To such length did she go in rehearsal that the two actors walked out.
她的彩排進行得那麼長,以致於那兩個演員都走出去了。
以上各例都用倒裝語序突出了句首成分,其語氣較自然語序強烈,因而具有極佳的修辭效果。