? ??否定副詞位于句首時(shí)的倒裝

  在正式文體中,never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等含有否定意義的副詞若位于句首,則其后要用部分倒裝:

  I shall never forgive him. / Never shall I forgive him. 我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)寬恕他。

  He seldom goes out for dinner. / Seldom does he go out for dinner.

  他很少出去吃飯。

  She hardly has time to listen to music. / Hardly does she have time to listen to music. 她幾乎沒(méi)時(shí)間聽(tīng)音樂(lè)。

  He little realizes how important this meeting is. / Little does he realize how important this meeting is. 他不甚明白這個(gè)會(huì)議的重要性。

  We had no sooner reached the airport than the plane took off. / No sooner had we reached the airport than the plane took off. 我們剛到機(jī)場(chǎng),飛機(jī)就起飛了。

  【注意】

  (1) 對(duì)于not…until句型,當(dāng)not until…位于句首時(shí),其后的主句要用倒裝語(yǔ)序:

  He didn’t leave the room until the rain stopped. / Not until the rain stopped did he leave the room. 雨停了之后他才離開(kāi)這房間。

  (2) 某些起副詞作用的介詞短語(yǔ),由于含有否定詞,若位于句首,其后要用部分倒裝:

  On no accounts must this switch be touched. 這個(gè)開(kāi)關(guān)是絕不能觸摸的。

  In [Under] no circumstances will I lend money to him.無(wú)論如何我也不會(huì)再借錢給他了。

  但是,in no time(立即,馬上)位于句首時(shí),其后無(wú)需用倒裝語(yǔ)序:

  In no time he worked out the problem. 他馬上就算出了那道題。