在中文里,詞序非常重要;兩個字的秩序不同，意思也不同。例如“東西”和“西東”，前者是“things”，后者是“everywhere” ——“各奔西東”。再如“女兒”和“兒女”，前者是“ daughter(s)”，后者是“children”。
    英語的詞序雖不像中文那樣富有語義上的變化，但也很重要，絕對不容忽視。有時，一字一詞方位的改變，全句的意思可能“牽一發(fā)動全身”，跟著受影響。
    下面便是些好例子：
    ① Even the government officers admitted that some tax measures were unfair.
    ② The government officers admitted that even some tax measures were unfair.
    第一句的意思是：每個人，包括政府官員，都承認有些稅務措施不公平。第二句的意思是：政府官員承認，許多事情，連稅務措施在內，都不公平。前者焦點在“人”;后者則在“事”。
    ③ The couple don‘t have much money to spend on their foreign trip.
    ④ The couple don‘t have to spend much money on their foreign trip.
    第三句說“錢不夠用”;第四句卻說“不必多用錢”?！皼]有錢可花”和“有錢不必多花”，呈強烈對照，詞序的影響，由此可見一斑!
    ⑤ The committee as a whole pointed out that the world economic situation had improved.
    ⑥ The committee pointed out that the world economic situation as a whole had improved.
    第五句指的是“全部的委員”;第六句卻影射“整體的經(jīng)濟局勢”。同樣一個片語，所指有所不同。
    ⑦ In vain did David try to prevent the job from being done.
    ⑧ David tried to prevent the job from being done in vain.
    ⑦里的“in vain”(無結果)指的是大衛(wèi)的行動;⑧里的不是指人的行動，而是指“在進行中的工作”。
    ⑨ Approaching the shop, Helen noticed two strangers.
    ⑩ Helen noticed two strangers approaching the shop.
    ⑨里講的是“海倫走向銀行時，注意到兩個陌生人”;⑩里指的是“兩個陌生人走向銀行時，引起海倫的注意”。
    (11) I may visit a sometime lecturer of English language.
    (12) I may visit a lecturer of English language sometime.
    (11)里的“sometime”是形容詞，意思是“以前的”;(12)里的"sometime”是時間副詞，意思是“某時候”。前者可以改成"former ”或"previous”;后者就要變?yōu)?at a certain time”了。
    最后，請問下列二詞，哪個是“防暴警察”?哪個是“警察暴動”?
    A: RIOT POLICE
    B: POLICE RIOT
    Answer: A 防暴警察
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