Never before have they been so inspired and so daring as at present.
问题描述：
Never before have they been so inspired and so daring as at present.
答
当表示否定意义的词置于句首时，需使用倒装结构。
此句中，never为否定意义，所以要倒装。
答
他们从未象现在这样倍受鼓舞，勇敢面对。
答
以前他们从来没有像目前这样受到如此鼓舞,变得如此勇敢.
Never放在句首要倒装,never before表示以前.全句不倒装的话应该是：
They have never been so inspired and so daring before as at present.
这就好理解了.
用的是so.as.,比较的是过去和现在.
答
他们以前从未如此精神振奋， 也从未如此意气风发.
否定意义的词(never, seldom, hardly rarely等等)放在句子开头,句子语序要用倒装结构.
倒成正常语序就是
they have never been so inspired before and (have never been) so daring as at present.