运用这种强调句型可以强调句子的主语、状语、宾语以及从句(主语从句,状语从句,宾语从句)等,一般不能用来强调谓语动词。
英语中的强调句式结构为It is ...that...,也就是:It is/was + 被强调部分+that+剩余部分。
01、对主语进行强调
例句:
Their sensitive response to human circumstance accounts for the persistence of certain collective ideas.
他们对人类环境的敏感反应,才保证了一些共同观点的持续性。
强调主语:
It is their sensitive response to human circumstance that accounts for the persistence of certain collective ideas.
02、对状语进行强调
1、对地点状语的强调
例句:
For physicists, this new development makes any appreciable difference in the explanation of observations only in the world of atoms.
只是在原子世界中,这一新发展才会在对各种观察做出解释时产生相当的差异。
强调地点状语:
For physicists, it is only in the world of atoms that this new development makes any appreciable difference in the explanation of observations.
2、对时间状语的强调
例句:
Women sculptors have been recognized as elite artists only during the twentieth century.
二十世纪,女艺术家才被承认为精英艺术家。
强调时间状语:
It has been only during the twentieth century that women sculptors have been recognized as elite artists.
3、对原因状语进行强调
例句:
He was elected as one colonel because of his eligibility in many aspects.
他被选为陆军上校是因为在很多方面都具备能力。
强调时间状语:
It is because of his eligibility in many aspects that he was elected as one colonel.
4、对方式状语进行强调
例句:
By way of the emphasis on oral comic literary creativity,these Chicano writers developed the powerful and arresting language.
通过对口头喜剧文学创造性的强调,这些奇卡诺作家才得以发展一种强有力的和富于吸引力的语言。
强调方式状语:
It has been by way of the emphasis on oral comic literary creativity that these Chicano writers developed the powerful and arresting language.
03、对宾语进行强调
例句:
One attributes the name to a complex commercial situation in a particular society
人们把一个名字赋予给某个特定社会中复杂的经济形势。
强调宾语:
It is the name that one attributes to a complex commercial situation in a particular society.
04、对宾语补足语进行强调
例句:
They elected him the chairman of the Trade.
他们选他为工会的主席。
强调宾语补足语:
It was the chairman of the Trade Union that they elected him.