英语结果状语从句的用法及有关说明

引导结果状语从句的从属连词有so that（以致，结果），so…that, such…that（如此……以至于）等。如：

We arrived early, so that we got good seats. 我们到得很早，因此我们座位很好。

It was so hot that we wanted to go swimming. 天气太热，我们想去游泳。

She is so good a teacher (=She is such a good teacher) that all the students like her. 她是那么好的老师，每个学生都喜欢她。

His reactions are so quick (that) no one can match him. 他的反应如此敏捷 (以致) 无人比得上他。

He is such a marvelious joker that you can’t help laughing. 他是一个如此奇妙的诙谐人物，(以致) 弄得你不能不笑。

They are such wonderful players that no one can beat them. 他们都是出色的运动员，没有人能战胜他们。

In his fury he threw the stone tablets upon the ground so that they were broken. 他大怒之下，便把那些石匾扔到地上，摔破了。

My suitcase had become damaged, so that the lid would not stay closed. 我的箱子损坏了，因此盖子关不上了。

Nothing more was heard from him so that we began to wonder if he was dead. 我们再也没有收到过他的信，因此我们开始怀疑他是不是死了。

It was so dark that he couldn’t see the faces of his companions. 天是那样黑，他同伴的脸他都看不见了。

注意：

1. 在口语中 that 常省略。如：

I am so busy I have no time to write a letter. 我是那样忙，写信的时间都没有。

2. 有时主句中还有倒装语序。如：

So bright was the moon that the flowers were bright as by day. 月亮是那样亮，花都像白天时那样鲜艳。