2024年3月9日发(作者：)

As soon as, no sooner…than, hardly… when , scarcely… when 的区别

例:No sooner had I reached home than it began to rain.

与这个短语类似的还有hardly ... when 意思为:"还没...就..." (主句用过去完成时,从句

用一般过去时)

例: We had hardly gotten there when it began to rain. 我们还没到那儿,天就下起

雨了.

也常放在句首

例: Hardly had we gotten there when it began to rain.

no sooner than 和hardly when以及as soon as这三个短语都有“一……就”、“刚

刚……就”的意思,它们的意思非常相近,因此有时可以互换.

例如：“我刚到公共汽车站,汽车就开了.”一句,就可以有如下几句译法：

As soon as I got to the bus stop, the bus started.

Hardly had I got to the bus stop when the bus started.

No sooner had I got to the bus stop than the bus started.

但他们之间也有一些差异,例如,如果从两件事情的间隔时间来说,as soon as 较长,no

han 居中,when 间隔时间最短.其它的一些区别见下面,请大家在运用的

时候要留意.

a、as soon as它的意思相当于“A事情发生以后,就做B这件事”。

这个短语用的比较常用,口语和书面语都可以.它的特点是,在句子中的位置比较灵活,而

且可以用于各种时态.

例如：

I'll write you as soon as I get there.我一到那儿就给你来信.（一般现在时）

As soon as I went in, Katherine cried out with pleasure.我一进门,Katherine 就高

兴的叫起来.（一般过去时）

I'll return the book as soon as I have read it.我一读完就把书还回去.（现在完成时）

Andrew left as soon as he had drunk his coffee. Andrew一喝完咖啡就走了.（过

去完成时）

b、no sooner…than它的意思相当于“刚做完A这件事,就做B这件事”.

例如：He had no sooner returned than he bought a house.他一回来就买了一套

房子.

如果no sooner 位于句首,主句要用倒装结构.