强调句的写法

强调句是专门用来强调句子某一部分内容的。而各种各样的强调句是通过调整句子语序而达到强调目的的。在句中借助一些加强词也可起到强调作用。某些修辞手法如夸张、重复、对偶、反语等也能起到加强句子内容的作用。

 

一）掉尾句

 

把次要的信息或已知的信息放在前面，当最后主要信息出现时，这一部分就得到了充分的加强。

 

  It required the efforts of three Ivxted scholars over a period of twenty-seven years，working on the largest collection of citations ever assembled in any language---is all this a fraud, a hoax?

  300个学者用了27年的时间完成在所有语言中收词量最大的字典，难到所有这些都是骗局吗?

 

  The storm of abuse in the popular press that greeted the appearance of Webster's Third New International Dictionary is a curicus phenomenon.

  媒体对韦氏第三版字典的暴风雨般的抨击简直是一怪现象。

 

二）主语后移

 

  It makes no difference whether we stay or leave.

  我们留下或离开都一样。

 

  It is a point of honor with the a customer not to let the shopkeeper guess what it is she really likes.

对顾客来说，不让店主猜到她心里喜欢的商品是关系到体面的事。

 

三）宾语后移

 

  We consider it necessary for her to do it all over again.

  我们认为让她再做一通是有必要的。

 

  One finds it a bore doing pattern drills.

  练习句型很无聊。

 

四）被动结构

 

  The program was designed by a very little boy.

  这个程序是一个小男孩设计的。

 

  The gun powder was invented by Chinese.

  火药是中国人发明的。

 

五）层进句

 

句子的排列顺序按重要程度的顺序排列，语气逐渐增强，重要的信息放在句尾。

 

  I see that small group of villainous men who plan，organize，and launch this cataract of horrors upon mankind.

  我看到策划、组织并对人类发动了这场大灾难的那一小撮坏蛋。

 

  That is what it means; that is all it means; that is all it will mean.

  那就是它的意义; 那也是它全部的意义; 也将是它永远的意义。

 

六）倒装句

 

常见的一种方法是以否定词开始句子，以助动词(do, did, can, have}强调句子的不同部分。

 

  Seldom has a city gained such world renown.

  很少有城市在世界上这么出名。

 

  Never has a scholarly work of this stature been attacked with such unbridled fury and contempt.

  没有一部这么高水平的学术著作受到过如此放肆的攻击和嘲弄。

 

  No sooner had he opened the gate from outside than he came into the garden and waited until someone let him out.

  他一从外面打开大门就进了花园，一直等到有人把他放出去。

 

七）其他倒装强调形式

 

  Under the large stone lies the treasure.

  财宝就放在大石头下面。

 

  Only five men did he see.

  他只看到了五个人。

 

  A liar he is.

  他是个大编子。

 

八）通过修辞手段表现强调

 

  1)重复

  A society is sustained by communication; communication makes life possible.

  社会依靠交流，而交流使生活成为可能。

 

  2)设问句

  Has the dictionary abdicated its responsibilities?

  难道字典已放弃了它的职责吗?

 

  3)夸张

  I've got a mountain of work to do today.

  我今天有许许多多的工作要做。

 

  Again a million thanks.

  再次表示无限感激。

 

九）其他不同类别的强调句

 

  1)It is/was+that/who结构

  It was the new method that they used.

  他们用的是新方法。

 

  2) if ever引导从句，加强主句的意思

  He is an orator，if ever there is one.

  他是个演说家，很如有的话。

 

  3)双重否定

  There is no rule that has exceptions.

  事事都有例外。

 

  4)利用进行时态表示强调，带有感情XX色彩和力量。

  The woman is always bragging about her three daughters.

  这女人就爱夸推自己的3个女儿。

 

  5)冒号和破折号后面也是加强的部分

  They think they got their little secret tucked away，and so they have---except now.

  他们觉得把秘密隐藏了，他们也确实做到了，除了现在。