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There was nowhere to hide.
nowhere 在这里是什么词?
《牛津初阶英汉双解词典》(商务印书馆, p. 333) 将此种用法的 nowhere (somewhere) 解释为副词。如果把上句中的 nowhere 看作是副词, 那么这个句子就没有主语了。此外, 也无法解释 to hide 在句中作什么成分。有的词书 (如 NODE) 将此种用法的 nowhere (somewhere) 解释为代词, 是能够自圆其说的: 代词 nowhere 在句中作主语, 动词不定式 to hide 作它的定语。类例:
These young people have nowhere to go. 这些年轻人没有地方可去。
There's nowhere to stay in this village. 在这个村子里没有什么地方可住。
As for the influence of computerization, nowhere we have seen the results more clearly than in the U.S., which really have surprised us all. (全国研考,93-67)
对于这一道题我无从下手。请指教。
当否定性状语位于句首时，在正式语体里，主语和谓语要实行部分倒装（即助动词与主
语倒装）。因此，上面的试题 we have seen 应改为 have we seen。请对比下列实例：
No longer are they staying with us. (CGEL) 他们不再跟我们住在一起了。
To no one will they admit their guilt. (CGEL) 他们对谁也不会承认他们的罪行。
Not always can people do what they want to. (IME) 人们并不是总能做他们想做的事情。
On no account must this switch be touched. (PEG) 绝不要触摸这个开关。请做下面的英语试题：
Nowhere else along the coast ____ such shallow water so far from land. A. there is B. it is C. is there D. is it
No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ____ is this more true than in Europe. A. hardly B. seldom C. little D. nowhere(全国六级,90.1-66)
____ for mathematical precision been more apparent than in the field of computer technology. A. The need has nowhere B. Has nowhere the need C. Nowhere has the need D. The need nowhere has(TOEFL)
Nowhere but in Europe we have seen the results so clearly, which really have surprised A B C us all. (全国研考,92-63) D
(参见 never, hardly, no sooner, not only, not until, account )