Scattered around were many houses made entirely of china and painted in the brightest colors請問這句為什麼用倒裝?不是many houses were made of嗎?

Answer 1

最愛解答

原句是:

Many houses (that were) made entirely of china and painted in the brightest colors were scattered around.

倒裝句的主要目的是為了強調，將要強調的部份置于句前，增加了寫作的色彩!

這句要强調的部份是由過去分詞衍生的形容詞scattered，是句子的補語。 如果將補語移到主詞前面，句子就要倒裝。

註: "made entirely of ..." 是分詞片語(reduction of relative clause)，形容詞性質修飾先行詞"many houses"。

Answer 2

Inversion is altering the natural order of words as a style in Figures of Speech to give a clarity, unity, force, variety and good sounding in writing. Inverse is inversed in position, direction or relations

eg:-Many houses were made----adv of manner 

of China---phrase

were scattered "around"------>past participle as adjective to Subject "houses"