only+状语从句位于句首的倒装句比如:Only by working hard can you succeed.
Only if we understand can we care;唯有了解,我们才会关心。
Only if we care will we help;唯有关心,我们才会行动。
Only if we help shall all be saved.唯有行动,生命才会有希望。
上面句子中,当我们想要强调了解,关心,行动时,将“only+If引导的从句”置于句首,主句用到部分倒装。部分倒装一般疑问句句式相同,即将be动词、情态动词、助动词(构成将来时的will,构成完时的have/has/had等)置于主语之前,若句子中没有这三类词,则借助于助动词do、does、did.
“Only+状语”置于句首用部分倒装的三种情况:
1.“only +副词”位于句首。如:I realized my fault then.(句子中没有三类词,所以加did)→ Onlythendid I realize my fault.
2.“only+介词短语”位于句首。如:You can succeed in this way.(句中有情态动词,所以将其提前)→ Onlyin this waycan you succeed.
3.“only+状语从句”位于句首。如:When I left my parents for Beijing,I realized how much I miss them.(从句不倒装,主句中没有三类词,所以加did)→ Onlywhen I left my parents for Beijingdid I realize how much I miss them.