内容简介

英语语言中的 “倒装” 指的是把句子当中的部分成分颠倒顺序的一种语法手段。使用倒装句的目的有哪些？怎样把语序正常的句子变成倒装句？主持人 Dan 通过简单的例句，讲解一类常见倒装句的基本用法。

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Never before (probably) has inversion been explained so quickly or so simply. So pay attention because that's what we're doing!

Inversion is something we do in English for emphasis, formality, or style.

'I will never dance.'

This sentence follows normal word order: subject, auxiliary verb, adverb, verb.

'Never' is a negative or limiting adverb. Other examples are: 'rarely', 'hardly', and 'not often'.

First, move the negative adverb to the beginning of the sentence.

Then invert, or swap the order of the subject and auxiliary verb! Never will I dance!

If your sentence is affirmative and doesn't have an auxiliary verb, for example, the present or past simple – then add one!

Rarely do I wake up on time.

Remember – it's for emphasis, so only do it for a good reason.

用法总结

1. 英语倒装句的用途：1）表示强调；2）突出正式性；3）体现修辞风格。

• Never before (probably) has inversion been explained so quickly or so simply.
  

2. 包含否定或限定副词的倒装句基本构成：将一个正常语序的句子（主语+助动词+副词+动词）中的主语与副词的位置互换，变成 “副词+助动词+主语+动词”。

• I will never dance. → Never will I dance!

3. 如果原句中没有助动词，比如一般现在时或一般过去时的句子，则可根据时态添加一个助动词，再形成倒装。

• I rarely wake up on time. → Rarely do I wake up on time.
• He hardly ever came to school. → Hardly ever did he come to school.