请问John was so deeply absorbed in painting that he didn't notice evening approaching.可以倒装成 So deeply was John absorbed in painting ...吗?So deeply absorbed was John in painting ...呢?
so/such... that... 句型,如果so/such 位于主句之首,主句必须倒装。通常这种倒装为部分倒装,即只把操作词与主语的位置互换。但实际上也可以使用完全倒装结构。例如剑桥英语语法给出so+形容词前置,导致的部分倒装句和完全倒装句如下:
So cold had it been that they had called off the match. 部分倒装
So wet had been the pitch that they’d abandoned play. 完全倒装
需要说明的是,完全倒装句的本质是主语的后移,即主语后移到分句末尾,其目的要么是为了突出、强调主语(句末信息中心),要么是因为主句结构复杂、比较长(尾重原则)。
网友提问的这个句子主句为主系表结构,系词was恰好是操作词,部分倒装和完全倒装在形式是是重合的。由于部分倒装远较完全倒装常用,所以按照部分倒装理解即可。但问题是网友需要知道so deeply是形容词absorbed的修饰语,并不是分句层次的状语,且in painting为形容词的补足语,因此so deeply absorbed in painting 必须作为整体前置于句首,而不可以只把so deeply前置。所以正确的倒装句应该为:
So deeply absorbed in painting was John that he didn't notice evening approaching.
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