“一……就”表达:
1. “on+名词或动名词”结构,相当于时间状语从句,强调时间的短促和动作的紧凑。
如:On arriving (或On arrival) I discovered they had gone.我一到达就发现他们已经离开了。
2.hardly…when,主句中的谓语动词用过去完成时,when引导的从句的谓语动词用一般过去时;当hardly置于句首时,要求部分倒装,即助动词提到主语前,如:We had hardly(或Hardly had we)sat down at the table, when the phone rang.我们刚在桌子旁坐下,电话铃就响了。
3. scarcely ... before,如:Scarcely had the bell rung before they went to the playground. 铃一响,他们就到操场上去了。
4. as soon as,如:As soon as she entered the room, she knew there was something wrong.她刚进屋就知道有点不对劲。
5. at+名词/动名词,如:At seeing her mother/ At the sight of her mother,the girl burst into tears.一见到母亲,那女孩就放声大哭起来。
6. the instant/the moment/the minute (that),如: I will pay you back, I promise, the moment I get paid. 我保证一拿到薪水就还你钱。
7. immediately/instantly/directly,如:Immediately the discussion was finished,the meeting was over. 讨论一完毕,会就散了。I went home directly I had finished work.我一干完活就回家了。
8. right after,如:The workers went home for a rest right after completing their task.(工人们一完成任务,就回家休息了。)
9. lose no time,如:When the new manager was appointed, he lost no time in reorganizing the office.新经理刚被任命,就开始重新调整办公室。
10.“no sooner…than”和“scarcely…when”都意为“一……就”,与hardly…when的用法相同,如:No sooner had she heard the news than she cried.她一听到这个消息就哭了。Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.比赛才开始就下起雨来。