像美国人那样说英语:常用句型286
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Lesson 57 名词/形容词/副词/动词原形+as/though……,+主句

倒装语序的as从句,既可以表让步,也可表原因。被倒装的名词前不加任何惯词。被倒装的动词原形常与“may、might、will、would”这几个词连用,而这几个词都要保留在原来的位置上,倒装在句首的动词原形一般多为不及物动词。本句型多表示“尽管”的意思。

征服句型

●Hot as the weather is, we still work outside.

尽管天气这么热,我们仍然要在外面工作。

●Child as Tom is, he has sold papers in the street.

尽管汤姆是个孩子,他已经在街边卖报纸了。

●Little as I liked it, I accepted it.

尽管我不喜欢,我还是接受了。

●Try as she might, Mary could not find her dream lover.

尽管她非常努力,玛丽还是找不到她的梦中情人。

●Hard as he studies, he can’t catch up with the others.

尽管他学习很刻苦,他还是追不上别人的成绩。

征服对话

●Cold though the weather was, my child still bought an ice cream.

●So was my son.

尽管这么冷,我的孩子还是买了冰淇淋。我儿子也是。

●Tired as I am, I have to go on working.

●You can have a rest for a while.

尽管我很累,我不得不继续工作。你可以先休息一会儿。

●What are you worried about?

●Beautiful that my daughter is, she is already 40 years old.

●What is the relation between the two things?

●The relation is that she has not married.

你担心什么?

尽管我女儿漂亮,但她已经40岁了。

这两件事有什么联系吗?

联系就是她还没有结婚。

Tips

与本句型相似的句型有“表语+that……,+主句”。在句中“that”是连词,它引导的让步状语从句中只把形容词和名词提到“that”前面。例如:Young that he is, he has a plenty of experience.尽管他年轻,但是他有着丰富的经验。