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Scarcely does a week pass without another unsettling case of child neglect, cruelty or sexual assault coming to public attention.
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A week scarcely passes before there is another unsettling case of ......
" Scarcely does a week pass ... " 利用「倒裝法」(Inversion)來强調有關事例的常見。Inversion的寫法可利用一些副詞開頭,例如﹕rarely, never, hardly 等等,再接上適當的助動詞而成。
Examples of Inversion:
Never will I see her again. (I will never see her again.)
Rarely has a debate attracted so much attention. (A debate has rarely attracted so much attention.)
Hardly had they turned off the lights when the door bell rang. (They had hardly turned off the lights when the door bell rang.)
在正式的書面英語中,尤其在文學體裁中,上述「倒裝法」是常見的。