倒置小教室
倒置可分為:
Inversion after so/neither/nor/as/than
Inversion after certain adverbs and adverb phrases
Inverted conditional sentences
今天 Spencer Sir 會教你精通倒置的所有知識!
什麼是反轉?
在大多數英語陳述中,主語出現在動詞之前。 當我們將主語放在動詞之後時,它被稱為倒置。 倒置最常見的用法是在疑問句中:
by the way, do you have tony’s contact details.
so/neither/nor/as/than 之後的倒置
我們也可以在 so 和 not/nor 之後使用反轉。 我們在積極的陳述之後使用so…
Mr Chan, our CEO, is visiting our Hong Kong office next week. so is mr. tong, our CFO.
……我們既不使用也不使用否定陳述之後:
I don’t have Mr Chan’s flight details right now, and neither/nor do I have Mr. Tong’s.
此外,我們可以使用倒置來與 as 和 than 進行比較:
The Hong Kong Car Service Company is reliable, as is Mr Rent-a-car.
副詞和副詞短語後倒裝
某些帶有否定意義的副詞和副詞短語後面常常有倒裝。 這種結構主要用在正式英語中以強調一點:
on no account must the department heads be late with the presentations.
以下副詞/副詞短語經常以這種方式使用:
hardly hardly ever little never no sooner … than
not only not until/till nowhere only by only then
only when on no account rarely scarcely ever
scarcely … when seldom under/in no circumstances
當位置狀語或方向狀語出現在從句的開頭時,我們也可以在這些狀語之後使用倒裝:
at the entrance to the showroom stood Tony tam, the manager.
我們通常在 here、there 和其他短副詞之後使用倒裝:
here is a list of things I need you to prepare for Mr. Chan and Mr. Tong’s visit.
倒置條件句
在正式英語中,我們可以使用倒裝來形成沒有連接詞 if 的條件句。
當我們反轉第一個條件句時,我們將 if 替換為 should:
Should Mr. Chan and Mr. Tong have any questions for Tony, he should be prepared to answer to answer them.
(= If Mr Chan and Mr Tong have …)
當我們反轉第二個條件句時,我們總是使用助動詞 were:
were the main showroom arranged better, visitors would see everything that we have to sell.
(= If the main showroom were …)
倒置第三個條件句時,改變主語和助動詞had的順序,刪除if:
had we been told about Mr. Chan and Mr Tong’s visit earlier, we’d had much more time to get everything prepared.
(= If we had been …)
如果大家有什麼英文問題,如Spencer Lam, 好唔好咁樣學英文呀? 或者IELTS考試,成人英文/商業英文的知識及英文資源,歡迎你可以隨時再跟我多交流一下,可以Follow 「Spencer Lam English Team」 Facebook page同IG得到更多英文資訊,亦都可以上 https://spencerlam.hk/ 了解更多!