时间、地点与原因状语从句
一、时间状语从句
- when, while, as:
when:可引导点时间(瞬时动词)或段时间;while:只能接延续性动词,常表达对比(而,然而);as:强调“随着……”或主从句动作同时发生。
- hardly... when... / no sooner... than...:
- 意为“一……就……”,句首部分倒装:
- Hardly had he arrived when it started to rain.
- the moment / immediately / as soon as:
- 一……就……(名词短语或副词充当从属连词)。
二、地点与原因状语从句
- 地点状语从句:where / wherever。
- Leave the tools where you can easily find them.
- 原因状语从句:because, as, since, now that。
because:语气质重,回答 why;since / now that:既然(已知事实);as:附带说明理由。