1. 他體力很弱，不能幹重活。
ˇ As he was weak in health, he could not do heavy work.
χ Weak as he was in health, he could not do heavy work.
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註：as 作連接詞，表示“因為”時，絕不能倒置，習慣上以 as 引導的
詞序倒置的從屬句是用來強調兩種意義相反的情況。例如：
Strong as he was, he could not lift that rock.
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（儘管他的身體壯，他還是舉不起那塊石頭。）
Weak as he was, he lifted that rock easily.
（儘管他身體很弱，他還是能不費力地舉起那塊石頭。）
2. 在開發中國家，許多婦女就這樣悲慘地喪命。
ˇ In developing countries there are many women who lost their lives in similar tragic ways.
ˇ There are many women in developing countries who lost their lives in similarly tragic ways.
χ There are many women who lost their lives similarly tragic ways in developing countries.
註：錯句中把 in developing countries 放在限定性形容詞子句之末，易使人誤解為修飾 lost their lives，因此應放在句首或緊接修飾的對象。
3. 在極權國家，統治者什麼都有，老百姓什麼都沒有。
有。
ˇ In totalitarian states the rulers have everything, but the common people have nothing.
χ The rulers have everything in totalitarian states, but the common people have nothing.
χ The rulers have everything but the common people have nothing in totalitarian states.
註：「在極權國家裡」修飾「統治者……」，也修飾「老百姓……」。
第一個錯句 in totalitarian states 只修飾 the rulers have everything；第二個錯句 in totalitarian states 又好像只修飾 the common people have nothing，必須把這一修飾語放在句首，才不影響句子思想內容的正確。
4. 我清楚地記得我第一次去海邊的事。
ˇ I remember well the first time I went to the beach.
χ I remember the first time I went to the beach well.
註：well 放在句末，易使人誤會為修飾 went；如放在 the first time 後會把形容詞子句與先行詞分隔，因此應放在 the first time 前面。如果要使語勢更為強調，可以說 Well do I remember...。
5. 我不明白你為什麼不信任他。
ˇ I don’t understand why you don’t trust him.
χ I don’t understand why don’t you trust him.
註：why, what, how, when 所引導的疑問受詞從屬句的詞序與一般陳述句相同，不能以問句的詞序出現。
Exercises:
A. 儘管她身體很弱，她還是能不費力地舉起那張椅子。
____________________ , she lifted that chair easily.
1. Weak as she was
2. As weak she was
3. As she was weak
4. She was as weak
B. 我不明白為什麼他要這樣做。
I don’t see why __________ doing it this way.
1. is he
2. does he
3. he is
4. he
Answers: A. 1 B. 3
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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《走讀自然.花言樹語》，《英語的對與錯》，《世紀病毒：必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等。國家教育研究院中英雙語詞彙審議委員；研究領域為翻譯、術語及詞典編譯，從事植物與人文導覽數十年，亦曾應邀遠赴國外大學做植物人文導覽。
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