高中英语语法12课（2）“It”用法及其句型和固定搭配精讲(6)

3. 在强调not … until结构时必须把not与until一起放到被强调的位置上
例 It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was my brother.
4. 注意强调句型与定语从句的区别
例 It was at 7 o"clock that he came here yesterday.( 强调句型)
It was 7 o"clock when he came here yesterday.(定语从句)
六、It 常用的固定搭配
1. make it
(1).在口语当中相当于succeed,表示：成功、做到、说定、赶上、及时到达
例 It"s hard to make it to the top in show business.
(2).在口语中相当于fix the date for,表示“约定好时间”
例 —Shall we meet next week?
—OK. We just make it next Saturday.
2. as it is
(1).相当于in fact, in reality表示“事实上，实际情况是……”
例 We had planed to finish the task today, but as it is we probably won"t finish it until next week.
(2).相当于方式状语从句，表示“照原样”
例 Leave the table as it is.
3. as it were 相当于as one might say, that is to say, 表示“也就是说，可以说，换句话说”
例 He is, as it were, a modern Sherlock Holmes.
4. if it weren"t for…/if it hadn"t been for…用来引导虚拟语气，相当于without, or but for, 表示“如果不是……，要不是……”
例 If it weren"t for Tom, I wouldn"t be alive today.