含有否定意义的副词或连词如hardly,never,not,not only,little等被前置时用部分倒装。例如:Never shall I forget it. 词组hardly...when和no sooner...than都表示“刚刚…就”的意思。为了强调,这类句子也常常用倒装语序。例如:I had no sooner got there than it started raining heavily.变成:No sooner had I got there than it started raining heavily