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to¹[tu:,弱tu,tə]prep. 1 [表示方向、目的地、距离]到,向,往;离:on the way to the station在前往车站的路上point to sth.指向某物have been to a place到过一个地方The house looks to the south.这房屋面南.Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰的北面.100 miles to the nearest town离最近的城镇100英里 2 [表示状态或性质等的变化]趋于,倾向于:grow to manhood长大成人be slow to anger不易生气a tendency to improvement改善的趋势stand to attention立正fair to cloudy晴转多云go from bad to worse每况愈下 3 [表示时间]直到…为止,在…之前:stay to the end of the month呆到月底from Monday to Saturday从星期一到星期六from morning to night从早到晚ten minutes to nine九点差十分 4 [表示程度、范围等]到,达到:to the best of one's ability竭尽所能地exert oneself to the utmost使出全部力量to a certain extent(或degree)到达某种程度,在某种程度上The answer was to the point.回答很中肯.an Englishman to the core地道的英国人goods amounting to $1000价值达1000美元的货物 5 [表示相对位置或反应]对;面对;应:run parallel to the road与公路平行The speaker sat down to generous applause.发言者在热烈的掌声中坐下.stand face to face面对面站着I object to that remark.我反对那句话. 6 [表示接近、接触]在,于;紧靠着:next door to sb.某人隔壁邻居put one's ear to the wall把耳朵贴在墙上apply polish to the shoes给皮鞋擦油 7 [表示归属、附加]归于,属于;加于:the key to the house屋子的钥匙the door to the office办公室的门an appendix to a dictionary词典的附录 8 [表示比较、对比]比:The score was 6 to 2.比分是6比2.He is quite strong now to what he used to be.与过去的情况相比他现在是很强壮了.The machine is far superior to that one.这台机器比那台好得多.prefer death to surrender宁死不投降compare sb. to a god把某人比作神 9 [表示数量的比例关系]每:50 pieces to the box每箱50件200 persons to the square kilometre每平方公里200人 10 [表示目的、意图]为了;用作:to that end为了那个目的come to sb.'s aid前来帮助某人with a view to improving one's work为了改进工作drink to sb.'s health为某人健康干杯 11 [表示关联、关系]对于,至于,关于:the right answer to the question那问题的正确答案What do you say to that?你对那事有什么意见?Water is to fish what air is to man.水对鱼的关系正如空气对人的关系一样.a monument to the martyrs烈士纪念碑a fact known to few很少有人知道的事实a traitor to one's country叛国者be open to the public向公众开放That's all there is to it.事情就是如此而已. 12 [表示相符、适应、遵照]按,按照;随同,伴随;据认为:add salt to taste按照口味加盐to sb.'s knowledge据某人所知The map was drawn to scale.这地图是按比例绘制的.sing to the piano钢琴伴唱do sth. to one's liking根据某人的爱好做某事 13 [表示结果]致,致使:be sentenced to death被判死刑all to no purpose毫无结果To our great surprise,he didn't turn up.我们觉得奇怪的是他竟然没有露面. 14 [表示原因]由于:fall to one's opponent's blows受到对手的打击而倒下lose one's sight to the disease因病失明 15 [表示动作的对象]对,于:write to sb.给某人写信do harm to sb.伤害某人listen (speak) to sb.听(对)某人说话 16 [to oneself]专为…单独所有(或所用);专对:have a room to oneself独住一间This problem gets a chapter to itself.这个问题有专门一章加以讨论.keep oneself to oneself不与人来往think to oneself自忖talk to oneself自言自语 17 <口>带有;以(=with):a field planted to corn种玉米的田 18 <方>在:He is to home.他在家.
adv. 1 向前:put on one's hat wrong side to帽子戴歪了 2 (指门窗等)关上;虚掩着:The door snapped to.门砰地一声关上了.The door is to.门虚掩着.leave the door to让门虚掩着 3 着手(干):It's time we turned to.我们该动手干了.They were hungry and fell to with a vengeance.他们饿了,狼吞虎咽地吃起来. 4 在近旁:We were close to when it happened.那事发生时我们就在近旁. 5 (用)上:set to one's seal盖印put the horses to套上马 6 苏醒过来:The wounded has come to.伤者已苏醒.bring sb. to使某人苏醒过来 |