导语:常用引导结果状语从句的连词:so……that和such……that。下面将讨论他们的用法。 注意,结果状语从句都要放在主句之后,而不能提到句首。
一.连词so……that的用法
多数结果状语从句是由so……that引导的,这里so的后面接形容词或者副词。请看例句:
1)接形容词
Sensible Sam:I saw you pushing you bicycle to work this afternoon.
Foolish Fred:Yes,I was so late that I didn't have time to get on it.
妙语点睛:这里so...that引导结果状语从句,so后面接了形容词(late)。
精品译文:聪明的萨姆:我今天下午看到你推着自行车去上班。
愚笨的弗雷德:是的,因为当时太晚了,所以来不及骑上车子。
2)接副 词
He has put forward unquestioned claims so consistently that he not only believes them himeself,but has convinced industrial and business management that they are true.
妙语点睛 :这里so...that引导结果状语从句,so后面接了副词(consistently)。
精品译文 :他一直不断地提出确定不疑的主张,以至于不仅他自己对他们深信不疑,而且还使得工商管理界相信他们都是真的。
二.连词such...that的用法
可以用such...that用来引导结果状语从句,此时such后面要加名词。请看例句:
Diplomats and crabs are creatures who move in such a way that it is impossible to tell whether they are coming or going.
妙语点睛 :这里是such...that引导结果状语从句,such后面接了名词(a way)。
精品译文 :外交官和螃蟹是行为方式相同的动物,因为我们无法判断他们是要向前走还是想往后退。
三.结果状语从句的倒装
在英文中,such/so...that引导结果状语从句,为了强调,还可以将主句中的so或such引导的部分置于句首从而构成倒装结构。请看例句:
1)so fast does that light travel that it difficult for us to imagine its speed.
妙语点睛 :这句话的正常语序为:light travels so fast that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
精品译文 :光的传播速度是如此之快,以至于我们无法想象它的速度。
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