| 19.9 比較until和till | ||
| ? | 此兩個連詞意義相同。肯定形式表示的意思是"做某事直至某時"，動詞必須是延續(xù)性的。否定形式表達的意思是"直至某時才做某事"。動詞為延續(xù)性或非延續(xù)性都可 以。 正確使用這兩個連詞的關(guān)鍵之一就在于判斷句中的動詞該用肯定式還是否定式。 肯定句： I slept until midnight. 我一直睡到半夜時醒了。 Wait till I call you. 等著我叫你。 （在肯定句中可用before代替 Let's get in the wheat before the sun sets.） 否定句： She didn't arrive until 6 o'clock. 她直到6點才到。 Don't get off the bus until it has stopped. 公共汽車停穩(wěn)后再下車。 I didn't manage to do it until you had explained how. 直到你教我后，我才會做。 1)Until可用于句首，而till通常不用于句首。 Until you told me, I had heard nothing of what happened. 直到你告訴我以前，出了什么事我一點也不知道�！� 2)Until when 疑問句中，until要放在句首。 ---Until when are you staying? 你呆到什么時候？ --- Until next Monday. 呆到下周一。 注意：否定句可用另外兩種句式表示。 (1）Not until …在句首，主句用倒裝。 Not until the early years of the 19th century did man know what heat is. 直到19 世紀初，人類才知道熱能是什么。 Not until I began to work did I realize how much time I had wasted. 直到我開始工作，我才認識到了我已蹉跎了幾多歲月。 (2) It is not until… that… |
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