not until的强调句式:
It is / was not until+从句/表时间的词+that+.
举例:
It was not until yesterday that I learned it.
顶昨天我才听说这件事。
not until的倒装句式:
Not until+从句/表时间的词+助动词+(主句)主语+谓语+.
举例:
Not until they heard that she was safe and sound were their minds set at rest.
听到她平安无事的消息,大家心里才一块石头落地。
not until
英 [nɔt ənˈtil] 美 [nɑt ʌnˈtɪl]
直到…才…
示例:
It was not until 1974 that his ability to write gelled again.
直到1974年,他的写作才华才又得以发挥。
Not until we pointed out their fault to them did they realize it.
直到我们向他们指出了他们的错误,他们才意识到。