四、動(dòng)詞原形+as / though+主語(yǔ)+動(dòng)詞

Object as you may, I'll go.
縱使你反對(duì)，我也要去。

Try as he might, he couldn't solve the problem.
盡管他想方設(shè)法，卻未解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

Search as they would, they would find nobody in the house.
無(wú)論怎樣搜查，他們?cè)诜孔永锶匀粵](méi)有找到一個(gè)人。

Dislike him as we may, we must acknowledge his greatness.
盡管我們不喜歡他，但必須承認(rèn)他的偉大。

Lose money as I did, we got a lot of experience.
錢(qián)雖然丟了，我們卻得到了許多經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

Fail in the election as he did, he became famous for his fiery speech against slavery. 盡管落選了，但他卻以其反對(duì)奴隸制的激烈演說(shuō)而出了名。

【說(shuō)明】主語(yǔ)后的動(dòng)詞通常為may, might, would, did 等情態(tài)動(dòng)詞或助動(dòng)詞(若表示情態(tài)意義，則選用情態(tài)動(dòng)詞；若陳述事實(shí)，則用did, do 等助動(dòng)詞)。

五、分詞+as / though+主語(yǔ)+動(dòng)詞

Raining hard as it is, I'm going out for a walk. 雖然正在下著大雨，我還是要出去散步。

Surrounded as we were by the enemy, we managed to march forward.
雖然我們被敵人包圍著，但我們還是設(shè)法前進(jìn)了。

Munching the apple as he was, he had got an eye for all John's movements.
他盡管在一個(gè)勁地嚼著蘋(píng)果，但仍警惕著約翰的一舉一動(dòng)。

【三條補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明】

1. 這類(lèi)倒裝的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句可用as, though 來(lái)引導(dǎo)，但不能用although來(lái)引導(dǎo)；但是，未倒裝的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句則可用though, although來(lái)引導(dǎo)，而不能用as來(lái)引導(dǎo)。也就是說(shuō)，although引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句時(shí)不能倒裝，as引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句時(shí)必須倒裝，而though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句時(shí)可以倒裝也可以不倒裝。如：

雖然很晚了，但我們還是繼續(xù)工作。

正：Late as [though] it was, we still went on working.

正：Though [Although] it was late, we still went on working.

誤：Late although it was, we still went on working.

誤：As it was late, we still went on working.

2. 上面提到的倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)有時(shí)也可用來(lái)表示原因，區(qū)別的辦法主要看句子的內(nèi)容：讓步從句的內(nèi)容大多數(shù)與主句在意義上相反，而原因從句則與主句之間有因果關(guān)系。比較：

Tired as he was, he sat up late studying at night.
昨晚他雖然很疲倦了，但還是學(xué)習(xí)到很晚才睡。(表讓步)

Tired as he was, he went to bed early.
因?yàn)楹芾郏运煤茉纭?表原因)

Young as he was, he was equal to the task.
他雖年輕，卻能勝任這項(xiàng)工作。(表讓步)

Young as he was, he was not equal to the task.
他因?yàn)槟贻p，所以不能勝任這項(xiàng)工作。(表原因)

3. 在美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中，人們通常用as…as引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。如：

Cold as it was, we went out.=As cold as it was, we went out.
盡管天氣冷，我們還是出去了。

Successful as he is, he is not proud.=As successful as he is, he is not proud.
他雖成功了，但不驕傲。