searcely ()asleep when a knock at the door awakened her
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因为scarcely when 是一个固定句型。

、“hardly (或scarcely)…when(或before)…”作“刚……就……”解,注意hardly和scarcely位于句首时,有主、谓语颠倒现象:

1. Hardly had I reached the station when (或before)the train started.我刚到车站,火车就开了。

2. Scarcely had he opened the door when(或before)a gust of wind blew the candle out.他刚开门,一阵风就把蜡烛吹灭了。

使用本句型结构时必须注意下列三点:

[注意,以下是原因]:(1)scarcely或hardly所在的主句内,谓语动作发生在when或before从句内的谓语动词之前,因此主句用过去完成时,从句用过去时。