V.-ing 开头的句子,后紧跟单数系动词,后接名词性的词可以判定为倒装。
Playing basketball is an interesting game.(不是倒装)
Playing basketball is my cousin who is from the New York(倒装)
如果我们把第一个句子倒装一下也不会产生歧义,符合英语习惯,因此我们就把单数系动词加名词性的词统统判定为倒装。
例:
Surrounding the column are three sepals and three petals , sometimes easily recognizable as such , often distorted into gorgeous , weird , but always functional shapes .
Surrounding开头,后接复数系动词可以判定为倒装正常语序为:Three sepals and three petals , sometimes easily recognizable are surrounding the column.这里倒装的目的是为了平衡句子结构,使对于主语的修饰更加充分
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