单词 | to |
释义 | to1 /'usual form before consonants:ts; to; before voxels: tu or tu:; tu or tu; strong form or finally: tu:; tu/ prep 1 in the direction of; towards: . 向; 对; 朝…方向: walk to work; 步行上班; go to the ,必, 到酒馆去; fall to the ground; 落向地面; off to London; 到伦敦去; ,。,川 to sth; 指向某物; hold sth (up) to the light; 痔物至光亮处; 。 the way to the station; 在前往车毎寒中; twenty miles to Dover; 距多佛二 4 哩; sitting with his feet to the fire; 梢的脚朝着火坐着; turn to the right; 转向右为; going from town to town/place to place, etc. 由一城走向另一城 (一地走向另一地等) 。 Scotland is to the north of England. 苏格兰在英格兰以北。 2 (fig uses) towards (a condition, quality, etc); to reach the state of: (比喻用法) 趣于; 倾向 (某种情况、性质等); 至某种状态: a tendency to laziness/fat, to be lazy/ fat; 懒情 (发胖) 的倾向; all to no purpose, without any, or a satisfactory, results; 毫无结果; stir sb to action; 鼓励某人行动; bring/move/reduce sb to tears. 使某人 (感动) 落泪。 The mother sang her baby to sleep, sang until the baby slept. 母亲唱歌直到那婴儿睡舍。 He tore the letter to pieces, eg in anger. 他把那封信撕碎 (如在愤怒时) 。 Don't stgrt moving until the traffic lights change from red to green. 交通灯由红变绿时再开始走。 3 (introducing the indirect object, as in [VP13A]: (引导间接宾语,用法见 [VP13A]: To whom did you give it? 标 (把它) 给谁了? Who did you give it to? 你 (把它) 给谁了? The man I gave it to has left. 我把它安给他的那个人已经离开了。 4 as far as: 至; 到; 达; 迄: /rom beginning to end; 自始至终; from first to last; 从头到尾; faithful to the end/last; 忠实到底; fight to the last gasp; 战斗至最复一口信; wet to the skin; 湿透; frozen to the marrow; 冷彻骨髓; count (up) to ten; 数到十; shades of colour from red to violet; 从丘到余的 ■ 种色度; push sb to violent action. 迫使某人采激烈行动。 5 before: 在…之前: a quarter to six; 五点三刻; ten to two. 一点五十。 Qpast. 6 until: 直至; 到: from Saturday to Monday; 从礼拜六到礼拜一; from morning to night. 从早到晚。 I didn't stay to the end of the meeting. 妆亲待到会议结束。 He was conscious to the last. 他到最后初很淸醒。 7 (indicating comparison, ratio, reference) : (表示比较,比率,参照): He's quite rich now, compared to what he uesd to be. 同他过去比起来,他现在很富有了。 It's nothing to what it might be. 比起可能的结局,这算不了什么。 I prefer walking to climbing. 我喜欢步行胜过爬山。 We won by six goals to three. 我们以六比三获胜。 The picture is true to life/nature. 那幅画画得逼真。 This is inferior/ superior to that. 这个不如 (胜过) 那个。 Draw it to scale. 按比例昼 (它) 。 8 against; touching: 紧靠; 接烛: dance cheek to cheek; 脸贴脸跳舞; march shoulder to shoulder. 肩幷肩行进。 9 for; of: 为; 属于: the key to the door; 金商门的钥匙; a secretary to the managing director; 总感总曲秘书; the words to a tune; 一致的言语; be/hear/say etc sth to one's/sb's advantage/liking, etc. (听到,说出) 对自己 (某人) 有利 (自己 (某人) 爱听等) 的话。 10 forming; making: 形成; 构成: 100p to the pound/100c to the dollar, ie £1 = 100p/$l → 100c. 一镑有一百便士 (一元有一百分) 。 11 in honour of: 向…表敬意: drink (a health) to sb; 举杯向某人致敬 (祝某人健康); erect a monument to (the memory of) the soldiers who died in the war. 为阵亡将士立纪念碑。 O health (4); monument (1). 12 (when comparing two amounts; when quoting a rate) for each; per: (比较两个数量或谈及比率时) 每一: petrol consumption of 30 miles to the gallon; 每加仑汽油可驶三十哩; a tax of lOp to the pound. 每赫括十便士的税。 → per; rate' (1). 13 causing: 使: To my surprise/annoyance/delight / sorrow, etc, the Liberals were defeated in the election, Their def eat caused surprise, etc, in me. 自由★的人在选举中落败使我感到惊讶 (烦恼,高兴,悲伤等) 。 To my shame, I completely forgot our date, I am ashamed that I forgot it. 真惭愧,我竟然把我们的约会忘得干干净净。 14 (used with verbs of perception like seem, appear, feel, look, smell, sound, etc) in the judgement of; according to: (与 seem, appear, feel, look, smell, sound 等表示感觉的动词连用)据…的判断; 根据: It feels/looks/smells/ sounds, etc to me like -velvtt/gold/ammonia/ crying, etc. 换起来像天鹅绒(看起来像金子; 闻起来像阿摩尼亚; 听起来像是在哭等)。 |
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