hardly …when…
意思是:hardly...when在句首时为固定的倒装结构,表示一件事紧接着另一件事发生,在汉语中译为“一.就.”注意 其时态上主句用一般用过去完成时,从句用过去时.有时主句也可用现在完成时,从句用一般现在时.
例如;Hardly had he seen me when he ran away.他一看见我就跑了Hardly had we started when it began to rain. 我们刚出发,就开始下雨了.
I had hardly come into the room when it began to rain. 我刚进屋就下雨了.
还有同意的用法:no sooner than 一……就;就;刚…就;不早于
No sooner had I heard the knock than I opened the door. 当我听到敲门声,我马上就开门了.