部分倒装句
部分倒装是指将谓语的一部分如助动词或情态倒装至主语之前。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。
1) 句首为否定或半否定的词语,如no, never, seldom, little, hardly, at no time, in no way, not until… 等。
例如: Never have I seen such a performance.
我从未看到过这样的表演。
Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room.
直到孩子睡着母亲才离开房间。
注意:
① 如否定词不在句首不倒装。
例如: I have never seen such a performance.
The mother didn't leave the room until the child fell asleep.
② 当Not until引出主从复合句,主句倒装,从句不倒装。
例如: Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room.