语法解读
强调
强调是一种修辞手段,英语中常用的强调方法有如下几种:
1.用强调词表示强调
英语中有些单词或短语,比如much, far, by far, possible, as possible等,用于有程度差别的形容词或副词前后,表示"大大地""尽可能地"。very用于名词前,表示"就是这个"。do用于动词前,表示"确实""真的""一定要"。right用于副词或介词短语前,表示"就在......"等意义。如:
①This book is by far better than that one.
这本书比那本书好多了。
②Can you fix our windows as soon as possible?
你能尽早修好我们的窗户吗?
③This is the very thing I want.
这就是我所要的那个东西。
④The thief was caught in the very act of stealing.
就在小偷偷东西的那一刻他被抓住了。
⑤I did come here on time last Monday.
上星期一我的确按时来这儿了。
⑥-Where do I put the book?
我把书放在哪儿?
-Put it right here.
就在这儿吧。
2.重复用词表示强调
①They tried and tried and at last succeeded.
他们试了一遍又一遍,最终成功了。
②It grows colder and colder.天越来越冷。
③The doctor examined the patient's heart again and again.
医生反复检查病人的心脏。
3.颠倒语序表示强调
①Never will she forgot the day when she was seriously injured.
她永远也不会忘记她严重受伤的那一天。
②Only when a child grows up does he understand his parents' intentions.
只有孩子长大成人,他才能理解父母的苦心。
4.双重否定表示强调
①There is no one who does not make any mistakes in his lifetime.
没有人一生当中不犯错误。
②None in the village failed to express their gratitude for the doctor's warm concern.
村里所有的人都表达了对这位医生真诚关心的谢意。
5.强调句型表示强调
强调句的构成有两种形式:一种是it作引导词,将需要强调的部分提到前面分句的句首;一种是用名词从句what...is(was)...来表示。
1)it作引导词引导强调句
以it作引导词引导的强调句的形式一种为:"It is(was)+被强调的部分+that(who, which)+句子的其他成分",意思为"是......,正是......,就是......";一种为:"It is (was)not until+