部分倒装(Partial Inversion):指将谓语的一部分如助动词或
情态动词倒装至主语之前,而
谓语动词无变化.如果句中的谓语没有助动词或情态动词,则需添加助动词do, does或did,并将其置于主语之前. 该种情况,倒装是选择性的,倒装与否只会产生表达效果上的差异.
倒装句最突出、最常见的修辞效果就是强调,其表现形式如下:
1.only +状语或
状语从句置于句首,句子用部分倒装. 例子: Only in this way can you solve this problem. 只有用这种方法,你才可以解决这个问题. Only after he had spoken out the word did he realize he had made a big mistake. 只有当他已经说出那个字后才意识到自己犯了个大错误. 2. hardly,in no way,little,scarcely,seldom,never,no more, no longer,not, not only, no sooner, not only … (but also),not until… 等具有否定意义的词或词组位于句首,句子用部分倒装. 例子: No sooner had I got home than it began to rain. 我刚到家就下起了雨. Seldom do I go to work by bus. 我很少乘公共汽车上班. Not until twelve o'clock did she go to bed last night . 她昨晚十二点才上床睡觉. 3. so / such...that结构中的so或such位于句首可以构成部分倒装句,表示强调so /such和that之间的部分. 例子: So unreasonable was his price that everybody startled. 他的要价太离谱,令每个人都瞠目结舌. To such length did she go in rehearsal that the two actors walked out. 她的彩排进行得那么长,以致于那两个演员都走出去了