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详细释义

• 0 used before a verb to show that it is in the infinitive -- （用于动词前，表示不定式）

  • She agreed to help. 她答应帮忙。

  • I'll have to tell him. 我得告诉他。

  • Sadly, she didn't live to see her grandchildren. 令人伤心的是，她没有活到孙辈出生的那一天。

  • I need to eat something first. 我首先得吃点东西。

  • I'd love to live in New York. 我想要住在纽约。

  • That child ought to be in bed. 那个孩子应该上床睡觉。

  • "Are you going tonight?" "I'm certainly hoping to." “你今晚要走吗？”“我当然希望走。”

  • He told me to wait. 他叫我等。

  • Did anyone ask Daniel to reserve the room? 有人要丹尼尔订房间了吗？

  • It's not likely to happen. 这事不大可能发生。

  • Three months is too long to wait. 等3个月太久了。

  • She's not strong enough to go hiking up mountains. 她身体不够壮，登不上山。

  • He has this enviable ability to ignore everything that's unpleasant in life. 他有这种令人羡慕的本事，能够不去理睬生活中的种种不快。

  • This will be my second attempt to make flaky pastry. 这将是我第二次尝试制作薄馅饼皮。

  • To go overseas on your own is very brave. 只身去国外，真勇敢。

  • My plan was to get it all arranged before I told anyone. 我的计划是先把一切都安排好再告诉别人。

  • I don't know what to do. 我不知道该怎么办。

  • Can you tell me how to get there? 你能告诉我怎样去那儿吗？

  • I'm going there to see my sister. 我要去那儿看望我的姐姐。

  • This tool is used to make holes in leather. 这个工具是用来在皮革上打眼的。

  • To make this cake, you'll need two eggs, 175 grams of sugar, and 175 grams of flour. 做这个蛋糕，你需要两个鸡蛋、175克糖和175克面粉。

  • He works to get paid, not because he enjoys it. 他工作是为了挣钱，而不是因为喜欢工作。

  • To be honest (= speaking honestly), Becky, I like thegrey shirt better. 说实话，贝姬，我更喜欢那件灰色的衬衫。

  • To tell you the truth, I never really liked the man. 坦率地跟你说，我从未真正地喜欢过这个男人。

  • There's an awful lot of work to be done. 有许许多多的工作要做。

  • Do we have enough paint to be going on with, or should I get some more while I'm out? 继续下去我们的油漆够用吗，我是不是该外出时再买一些？

• 1 in the direction of -- 朝，向，往，对着

  • We're going to town on the bus, okay? 我们坐公共汽车去城里，好吗？

  • We went to Prague last year. 我们去年去了布拉格。

  • I asked someone the way to the town centre. 我向人问了去市中心的路。

  • You can walk from here to the school in under ten minutes. 你可以从这儿走到学校，用不了10分钟。

  • I asked Kirsten and Kai to dinner (= invited them to come and eat dinner with me) next week. 我邀请了柯尔斯滕和卡伊下星期来吃饭。

  • We received another invitation to a wedding this morning. 今天上午我们又收到了一份参加婚礼的请柬。

  • I had my back to them, so I couldn't see what they were doing. 我背对着他们，所以看不见他们在做什么。

  • She walked over to the window. 她走到窗边来。

  • He went up to a complete stranger and started talking. 他走到一个完全陌生的人跟前，开始和对方交谈起来。

  • UK You've got your sweater on back to front (= with the back of the sweater on the chest). 你的毛衣前后穿反了。

• 2 used for showing who receives something or who experiences an action -- （表示动作的对象）对，给

  • I lent my bike to my brother. 我把自行车借给了我哥哥。

  • I told that to Alex and he just laughed. 我把那件事告诉了阿历克斯，他笑了。

  • Who's the letter addressed to? 这封信是寄给谁的？

  • Give me that gun./Give that gun to me. 给我那把枪／把那把枪给我。

• 3 until a particular time, state, or level is reached -- 距；到；至

  • It's only two weeks to Christmas. 离圣诞节只有两星期了。

  • Unemployment has risen to almost eight million. 失业人数已经上升到了差不多800万。

  • He drank himself to death. 他酗酒而死。

  • She nursed me back to health. 她护理我直到康复。

  • It's twenty to six. 差20分到6点。

• 4 used to suggest an extreme state -- （表示极端的状态）

  • Look at your shirt - it's torn to shreds! 看看你的衬衫——都成碎片了！

  • She was thrilled to bits. 她激动得不行。

  • I was bored to tears. 我感到无聊极了。

• 5 in connection with -- 与…相关

  • What was their response to your query? 他们对你的询问作何反应？

  • She was so mean to me. 她对我很粗暴。

  • There's a funny side to everything. 任何事物都有其滑稽的一面。

  • The paper was stuck to the wall with tape. 纸张被用胶带贴在了墙上。

  • A fast rail service connects us to the city. 快速铁路把我们和城市连接了起来。

• 6 used before an infinitive, usually with 'be', to indicate a future action -- （用于不定式前，通常和 be 连用，构成将来时）

  • The government announced today that it is to cut funding for the arts for next year. 今天政府宣布明年要削减对艺术的资助。

  • You're not to (= you must not) bite your nails like that. 你不准那样咬指甲。

  • Russia to send troops in. 俄罗斯即将派兵。

• 7 causing a particular feeling in a particular person -- 令（某人）感到…

  • That's when I found out, to my amazement, that she was coming here. 令我惊讶的是，那时候我得知她正要到这里来。

• 8 considered by -- 对…而言；在…看来

  • I realize it may sound strange to you. 我意识到对你而言这听上去可能很奇怪。

  • I mean, £50 is nothing to him (= he would not consider it a large amount). 我的意思是，50英镑对他而言算不了什么。

  • informal "I hear you've been going out with Ella." "Yeah, so? What's it to you?" (= It should not interest you, and you have no right to ask about it.) “我听说你在和艾拉谈恋爱。”“哟，这和你有什么关系？”

• 9 serving -- 为…效力，为…服务

  • As a personal trainer to the rich and famous, he earns over a million dollars a year. 他做富人和名流的私人教练一年挣100多万美元。

• 10 against or very near -- 靠着；顶着；非常接近

  • Stand back to back. 背靠背站着。

  • They were dancing cheek to cheek. 他们在跳贴面舞。

• 11 matching or belonging to -- 与…相配；属于

  • My dad gave me the keys to his car. 爸爸把他的车钥匙给了我。

  • I've lost the trousers to this jacket. 我把和这件夹克相配的裤子弄丢了。

  • She has a mean side to her. 她性格中有刻薄的一面。

  • There is a very moral tone to this book. 这本书很有道德教育的意味。

• 12 used to show the position of something or someone in comparison with something or someone else -- （表示相对位置）

  • John's standing to the left of Adrian in the photo. 照片中约翰站在阿德里安的左边。

  • The Yorkshire Dales are twenty miles to the north of the city. 约克郡山谷位于这个城市以北20英里处。

• 13 in honour or memory of -- 为向…表示敬意；为了纪念

  • I proposed a toast to the bride and the groom. 我提议为新娘新郎干杯。

  • The record is dedicated to her mother, who died recently. 这张唱片是献给她不久前去世的母亲的。

• 14 for each -- 每

  • How many dollars are there to the pound? 1英镑等于多少美元？

  • This car does about 40 miles to the gallon. 这辆车每加仑汽油可行驶大约40英里。

  • When we go swimming together I do six lengths to her twelve. 如果我们一起去游泳，她每游12个来回而我只能游6个。

• 15 used in phrases that show a range -- （用于短语中，表示范围）

  • There were probably 30 to 35 (= a number between 30 and 35) people there. 那儿可能有30到35个人。

• 16 at the same time as music or other sound -- 与（音乐或其他声音）同时，伴随

  • I like exercising to music. 我喜欢跟着音乐做运动。

  • He left the stage to the sound of booing. 他在一片嘘声中离开了舞台。

• 17 relating to a positive reaction or result -- 适合，符合；利于

  • When the pasta is done to your liking, drain the water. 把意大利面煮到你认为合适的程度时，倒掉水。

  • I think being at the meeting would be to your advantage. 我认为出席会议会对你有利。

• 18 compared with -- 与…相比

  • She's earning a reasonable wage, but nothing to what she could if she was in the private sector. 她的收入还可以，但如果她在私营企业工作收入会高得多。

  • Paul beat me by three games to two (= he won three and I won two). 保罗以3比2打败了我。

  • He was old enough to be her father - she looked about 30 to his 60. 他老得可以当她的爸爸——她看上去约30岁，而他有60岁。

• 19 into a closed position -- 关着地

  • I'll just push the door to. 我只是要把门推上。