为什么是and so intent was it,倒装?

He stopped suddenly and stared fixedly up over my head into the air. The lamp beat upon his face, and so intent was it and so still that it might have been that of a clear-cut classical statue, a personification of alertness and expectation.

为什么是and so intent was it,倒装? 为什么不是and so intent it was ?


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最佳答案 2020-11-13 18:50

The lamp beat upon his face, and so intent was it and so still that it might have been that of a clear-cut classical statue, a personification of alertness and expectation.

1. it 指代 his face。

2. so intent was it 是倒装句。so + adj/adv 开头,放在主语之前,本句产生部分倒装。后面的 that 从句不倒装。 so still  也是,补全为 so still was it that....

完整的倒装表达:

and so intent was his face and so still (was it)that it might have been that...

不倒装的表达:

and his face was so intent and (it was)so still that it might have been that...


and so intent it was——这不是倒装,而是表语前置。网友说的这个表达是错误的。
更多例句:
So excited was Mike that he forgot to bring me the gift. 迈克是如此兴奋,竟然忘记给我带礼物了。
So fast does light travel that we can hardly imagine its speed. 光速很快,我们几乎没法想象它的速度。
So sudden was the attack that we had no time to escape. 袭击来得非常突然,我们来不及逃跑。
So good a girl is she that we all like her. 她是一个如此好的女孩,我们大家都喜欢她。


既然是“部分倒装”,而 was 被提前了?因为was 既是系动词,也是操作词。如果系表结构不是 be 动词,而是其他类型的,例如 become, get, grow 等等,so + 形容词的倒装,自然是“部分倒装”,需要加操作词do/does/did 等。
So excited did Mike become that he forgot to bring me the gift. 迈克变得是如此兴奋,竟然忘记给我带礼物了。

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曹荣禄  
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and so intent was it and so still that it might have been that of a clear-cut classical statue
so...that...句型,如果so+形容词/副词在主句中前置(即移至主语前),则从句必须倒装。

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