问：She little dreamed that her son would be enrolled into Harvard University, the
top-rated university in the world. 句中的little 位于谓语动词起什么作用？
答：句中的little 是副词，置于know、think、believe、realize、imagine understand、
guess、care、expect、suspect、dream 等感观动词之前表示强烈否定，意为“更本
不”、“完全不”、“絲毫没有”。常用句式是：“little+ 动词 + that-clause或
wh-clause”。上面那个句子意思是：她做梦也没有想她的儿子会被世界顶尖大学哈佛大学
录取。
例句：
When I first came to the country, I little thought that I should stay here so long.
当我初到这个国家时，我完全没有想到会在这里住这么久。
We didn’t listen to your advice, because we little believed that he would harm us.
我们没有听你劝告，因为我们根本不相信他会加害于我们。
They little suspected that their plot would be discovered so soon.
他们絲毫没有想到他们的阴谋这么快就被发现。
At that time we little know what trouble we were going to have.
那时候我们根本不知道会遇到甚么麻烦。
我实在不明白我最好的朋友苏珊为什么会在背后诽谤我。
little 也可置于句子主语之前，由于副词little具有否定意义，其后要用倒装句式。
例如：
Little did they know, when they parted that afternoon, that they were never to
meet again.
他们那天下午分手时，根本没有想到从此他们再也不会见面。
Little did we expect that the district was so rich in mineral resources.
我们絲毫没有料到这一地区蕴藏着这么多的矿物资源。
Don"t place any expectation on him. Little does he care whether you live or die.
你不要再对他有什么奢望，他根本不会管你的死活。
Little did we guess that she would be promoted by the board as general manager
of the firm.
我们根本没有猜想到会她会被董事会提升为公司的总经理。