11 English Word Inversions: “Never have I”, “Little did I know”, “Not only is”

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   And this is something that it's a little bit unusual.

   这是一种稍微有些不寻常的用法。

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   It's a rather almost poetic kind of style.

   这是一种近乎诗意的风格。

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   Something that you'd see more in writing than in speaking.

   比起口语，你在书面语中会更多地看到它。

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   If people spoke like this, it would sound a little bit unusual, a little bit strange, unless there actors in a play that was written a hundred years ago or or more, then you would hear that sort of thing.

   如果人们这样说话，听起来会有点不寻常、有点奇怪，除非他们是在演一部一百年前或更久以前写的戏剧，那时你才会听到这种说法。

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   And also, if you're reading a novel or a story that was written quite a long time ago, you might see these kinds of word orders written in in the story in a book.

   此外，如果你在读一本很久以前写的小说或故事，你可能会在书中的故事里看到这种词序。

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