四、動詞原形+as / though+主語+動詞

Object as you may, I’ll go. 縱使你反對，我也要去。

Try as he might, he couldn’t solve the problem. 盡管他想方設法，卻未解決這個問題。

Search as they would, they would find nobody in the house. 無論怎樣搜查，他們在房子里仍然沒有找到一個人。

Dislike him as we may, we must acknowledge his greatness. 盡管我們不喜歡他，但必須承認他的偉大。

Lose money as I did, we got a lot of experience. 錢雖然丟了，我們卻得到了許多經(jīng)驗。

Fail in the election as he did, he became famous for his fiery speech against slavery. 盡管落選了，但他卻以其反對奴隸制的激烈演說而出了名。

【說明】主語后的動詞通常為may, might, would, did 等情態(tài)動詞或助動詞(若表示情態(tài)意義，則選用情態(tài)動詞；若陳述事實，則用did, do 等助動詞)。

五、分詞+as / though+主語+動詞

Raining hard as it is, I’m going out for a walk. 雖然正在下著大雨，我還是要出去散步。

Surrounded as we were by the enemy, we managed to march forward. 雖然我們被敵人包圍著，但我們還是設法前進了。

Munching the apple as he was, he had got an eye for all John’s movements. 他盡管在一個勁地嚼著蘋果，但仍警惕著約翰的一舉一動。

【三條補充說明】

1. 這類倒裝的讓步狀語從句可用as, though 來引導，但不能用although來引導；但是，未倒裝的讓步狀語從句則可用though, although來引導，而不能用as來引導。也就是說，although引導讓步狀語從句時不能倒裝，as引導讓步狀語從句時必須倒裝，而though引導讓步狀語從句時可以倒裝也可以不倒裝。如：

雖然很晚了，但我們還是繼續(xù)工作。

正：Late as [though] it was, we still went on working.

正：Though [Although] it was late, we still went on working.

誤：Late although it was, we still went on working.

誤：As it was late, we still went on working.

2. 上面提到的倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)有時也可用來表示原因，區(qū)別的辦法主要看句子的內(nèi)容：讓步從句的內(nèi)容大多數(shù)與主句在意義上相反，而原因從句則與主句之間有因果關(guān)系。比較：

Tired as he was, he sat up late studying at night. 昨晚他雖然很疲倦了，但還是學習到很晚才睡。(表讓步)

Tired as he was, he went to bed early. 因為很累，所以他睡得很早。(表原因)

Young as he was, he was equal to the task. 他雖年輕，卻能勝任這項工作。(表讓步)

Young as he was, he was not equal to the task. 他因為年輕，所以不能勝任這項工作。(表原因)

3. 在美國英語中，人們通常用as…as引導讓步狀語從句。如：

Cold as it was, we went out.=As cold as it was, we went out. 盡管天氣冷，我們還是出去了。

Successful as he is, he is not proud.=As successful as he is, he is not proud. 他雖成功了，但不驕傲。

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