Little did we expect that he would fulfill his task so rapidly.
在倒装结构的考查上,主要注意以下几点:
1)下列否定词及含有否定意义的词组若置于句首,句子的主谓要部分倒装:never, no, neither, not only, hardly, scarcely, little, seldom, rarely, not until, nowhere, at no time, in no sense, by no means, under no circumstance。
◆直到昨天他才改变了主意。
Not until yesterday did little John change his mind.
2)以only修饰状语(副词,介词短语,状语从句)开头的句子,句子的主谓要部分倒装: only then, only at that time, only once, only in this way, only with, only through, only by, only when, only after, only because。
◆只有当你获得了足够的资料,你才能得出令人信服的结论。
Only when you have obtained sufficient data can you come to a convincing conclusion.
3)neither和nor“也不”,表示对前一句否定句的赞同,所在句子使用部分倒装。
◆我还没有读完那本法语书,他也没有。
I didn’t finish reading that French book, neither did he.