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it was not until that用法

「It was not until」是一種英語中常用的強調句型,用於表示「直到……才……」的意思。其基本結構為「It was not until+時間狀語+that+主句」,例如:

It was not until midnight that the rain stopped.(直到半夜雨才停下來。)

It was not until five o'clock in the afternoon that they finished their work.(直到下午五點他們才完成工作。)

在這個句型中,「It was not until...that...」用於強調時間狀語,而剩下的部分則按照正常的語序排列。這種結構通常用於過去時態,與「It was」相呼應。

此外,「not until」也可以用於倒裝句結構,例如「Not until+時間狀語+助動詞+(主句)主語+謂語」,如「Not until the teacher came in did the students stop talking.」(直到老師進來學生們才停止講話。)