• 4.有些关联从属连词,如 no sooner … than / hardly … when / scarcely … when / barely …when 等,也能引导 时间状语从句。
• △ 如果把no sooner, hardly, scarcely, barely置于句首, 它所连带的这部分就要倒装,如:
2.复合连词也可以引导原因状语从句,这些连词有:now (that), seeing (that), considering (that), for the reason that, by reason that, for fear that, that等,如:
Now (that) (= Since) you mention it, I do remember. Now (that) he is absent, you’ll have to do the work by yourself. Now (=Since) the rain has stopped, let’s start. Seeing (that) all the guests have arrived, let’s have dinner. Considering that they are just beginners, they are doing quite a good job. She didn’t go for fear that she would get lost. He has done very well, considering (that) he has no experience. I haven’t finished writing the report yet, not that (= not because) I dislike the work, but that (= but because) be + 形容词+ that ”句型中,主语 通常是人,形容词通常为:glad, happy, pleased, sorry 等表示感情的形容词,这时that 可以看作 原因状语从句,如: