| 单词 | to |
| 释义 | to I. 1. — used as a function word to indicate spatial relationships or relationships that suggest motion: as a. — used as a function word to indicate movement or an action or condition suggestive of movement toward (1) < drove to the city > < ran to his mother > < wore a new hat to the party > < a trip to the moon > < the boat is to the dock now > < went back to his original idea > < now to the matter at hand — A.J.Flynn > < on the telephone to central casting again — Lee Edson > or (2) < turned his back to the door > < bowed to an acquaintance > < gazed philosophically to a burnished sea — R.W.Clark > < leaned to light verse and good humor — Phoenix Flame > < the great task … is now far along to completion — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 > < talks to the point > or (3) < bring the ship to the wind — C.S.Forester > b. — used as an intensive with where < where will she go to > c. — used as a function word to indicate a place or a thing to which one goes for a temporary stay < has been to his uncle's house once > < went in and out to the sickroom — Seumas O'Kelly > < was to a show practically every night last week — Edward Newhouse > d. — used as a function word to indicate direction < lived a few miles to the south > < a narrow paved road to the right just before the junction — Y.E.Soderberg > < a tendency to silliness > e. — used as a function word to indicate contact or proximity: as (1) < his mother standing … with her hands to her eyes — Eve Langley > < applied polish to the table > < the houses had numbers painted to them — R.H.Newman > (2) < stands to his post > < abundant slave labor was no longer to hand — Lancelot Hogben > (3) < shall live and tell him to his teeth — Shakespeare > f. archaic < a young girl's heart which he … smelled to like a rosebud — Nathaniel Hawthorne > g. (1) chiefly substandard < that time we was making hay to her dad's place — Richard Bissell > (2) chiefly Britain < went also to dinner to Birrell — H.J.Laski > h. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the place or point that is the far limit (as of a measured distance) < 100 miles to the nearest town > < a short way to the store > (2) — used as a function word to indicate the limit of extent (as in space) < stripped to the waist > < wet to the skin > < saw through to the man's quality — Hallam Tennyson > i. — used as a function word to indicate relative position < a beam perpendicular to the floor > < placed at right angles to the wall > < a line tangent to a circle > < stop the press if a sheet is not placed correctly to the guides — Theory & Practice of Presswork > 2. — used as a function word to indicate purpose, intention, tendency, result, or end: as a. (1) < came to our aid > < trained to a religious life > < living to ends outside ourselves — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < tailored to your particular needs > < liked to sit down to a game of bridge > (2) < built temples to their gods > < drink to his health > (3) < tons of ore go to a few ounces of gold > (4) < calls witnesses to speak to his character > < gives abundant testimony to the … committee's ignorance and inefficiency — R.L.Roy > (5) < when the land was drained he planted it to cabbages and onions — Sherwood Anderson > b. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the result of an action or a process < broken all to pieces > < sharpened to a point > < warehouse converted to a church — Alice Griffin > < tulips going to seed > < a brushy wilderness growing up to scrub oak — Clifton Johnson > (2) < seems to argue to the same effect — Herbert Read > < to their surprise, the train left on time > c. < a sincere desire to have her to wife — J.E.Tilford > d. — used as a function word to indicate a determined condition or end < born to riches > < sentenced to death > e. — used as a function word to indicate the object of a right or a claim < a title to the property > < the pretender to the throne > 3. — used as a function word to indicate a position or a relation in time: as a. chiefly dialect < all to once — Helen Eustis > < ready to three o'clock — F.T.Elworthy > b. (1) < arrived at five minutes to five > < a quarter to six > (2) < stayed on to the last minute > < from eight to five o'clock > < his edition … had the fullest and best apparatus to that time — I.M.Price > (3) — used as a function word to indicate a limit in past time < a ceremony dating to the first century — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > c. — used as a function word usually in combination with from to indicate recurrence or continued succession < a situation that changes from day to day > d. — used as a function word to indicate the precise time of an occurrence < promised to pay to the day > e. chiefly Britain — used as a function word to indicate occurrence at a set time < runs to schedule — advt > < a chance to get away to time — Noreen Routledge > 4. — used as a function word to indicate addition, attachment, connection, belonging, possession, accompaniment, or response: as a. archaic < foretell new storms to those already spent — Shakespeare > b. < his fat pony that he drives to a basket phaeton — James Reynolds > < publishers would publish anything that had my name to it — G.B.Shaw > < a schooner riding to an anchor in the bay — Hall Caine > c. — used as a function word to indicate belonging or possession < descendant of a great house with more than a dash of Italian blood to it — Eric Blom > < two rather obvious divisions to the investigation — McGill News > < there were green curtains to the bed — Virginia Woolf > < the key to the door > < had a severe sprain to her ankle — Lucien Price > < with a rasping bite to his voice — Current Biography > d. — used as a function word to indicate a special often close relationship of a person to another person, a group, or an organization < nephew to a powerful and wealthy man — Thomas Wolfe > < printer to the state — N.A.Crawford > e. (1) < sang to his guitar > < dancing to the radio — Louis Simpson > < rides to hounds > < nowadays you do it to cocktails — Arnold Bennett > (2) < played Juliet to the Romeo of an unknown newcomer > f. < comes to his call > < hardly knew what to say to it > < retaliate to mockery — Geoffrey Gorer > < flimsy houses that shake to the wind > g. < witnesses must speak only to facts of which they have direct knowledge — Edward Jenks > < liars they are to trade — J.M.Barrie > 5. a. — used as a function word to indicate (1) the extent or degree (as of completeness or accuracy) < assimilate penniless immigrants to a number which is truly astonishing — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > < died two and a half centuries ago to a month — Times Literary Supplement > < loyal to a man > < would lose his billet to a certainty — Henry Lapham > < liked to run his day's program to the fraction of a second — Osbert Sitwell > or (2) the extent and result (as of an action or a condition) < beaten to death > < worn to a frazzle > < case sense is thus feeble to extinction in English — Weston La Barre > < limited his criticism to a few pleasantries > < increased the amount to $1000 > b. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the last point or an intermediate point of a series < the climate over the period was moderate to cool — W.E.Swinton > < prices are firm to rising — U.S. News & World Report > < the quality ranges all the way from very poor to good to excellent > < a noncommittal word that might be used of anaything from babies to furnaces — J.C.Swaim > (2) < six spades to the ace queen > (3) < a dark grayish olive to olive green > < a pale to grayish blue > 6. — used as a function word to indicate a relation to one that serves as a standard: as a. (1) — used as a function word to indicate similarity, correspondence, dissimilarity, or proportion < compared him to a god > < a hat identical to the one she had on > < forms different to those in which they familiarly present themselves — John Dewey > < seemed to be of another race to them — A. Conan Doyle > < knee-high to a grasshopper > (2) < the present annoyances are nothing to the real dangers that might develop > < inferior to the earlier works > b. (1) — used as a function word to indicate agreement or conformity < add salt to taste > < found nothing to his purpose — N.J.G.Pounds > < composed three operas, all to his own librettos — J.T.Howard > < made to certain conventional patterns — C.P.Fitzgerald > < drawings give sufficient detail for a fairly skilled man to work to them — British Book News > (2) < to the best of my knowledge, this book is still the standard work > < to all appearances is really ill > < arguing to supposed general principles — Times Literary Supplement > c. — used as a function word to indicate a proportion in terms of numbers or quantities: as (1) the proportion between two things in terms of a significant unit of measurement of one of the things; usually used with the < two monsoon seasons to the year — D.G.Bridson > < 750 persons to the square mile — John McNulty > or (2) the proportion between two things in terms of a common unit of measurement < is only 28 years old to his brother's 45 > < hold 60 seats to their opponents' 40 > < offered odds of nine to one > 7. a. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the application of an adjective < agreeable to everyone > < blind to art > < unknown to us > < necessary to progress > < adequate to our needs > < feels cold to your teeth > < observable to our senses — W.L.Sullivan > < unattainable to ambition — Hugh Wray > (2) — used as a function word to indicate the application of a noun < our attitudes to our friends > < enemies to cultivation — James Stevenson-Hamilton > < disaster to the army > < without charge to the parents — James Britton > < similarity to others > < a stranger to the country > < an interested observer to the changeover — Alaska Sportsman > < competitors to the printed word — Joseph Trenaman > (3) — used as a function word to indicate the relation of a verb to its complement or to a complementary element < refers to the traditions > < refers him to the traditions > < must look to our postural tensions — A.T.Weaver > < started to kindergarten — Newsweek > < admits to disappointments — R.W.Steel > < democracy succumbed to dictatorship — C.E.Black & E.C.Helmreich > < to parentage … he owed the sturdy nature that served him well — Thomas Woody > b. — used as a function word to indicate the object of address < spoke to his father about it > < hail to thee, blithe Spirit — P.B.Shelley > c. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the receiver of an action or the one for which something is done or exists < gives a dollar to the man > < make alterations to the text — H.G.G.Herklots > < the total effect was a gain to reading — Joseph Trenaman > < disputes certified to the board by the president — R.L.Putnam > < played the piano to royalty > < sat to a famous painter > < in the way of converts he died to something and had a moment of truth — W.J.Igoe > < to their trained eyes and ears the fields are covered by red-hatted riders — W.B.Yeats > — often used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusiveness (as of possession or use) or separateness < the Dutch liner … which they had to themselves on the voyage — P.D.Whitney > < medical school gets a chapter to itself — Times Literary Supplement > < thought to himself > < kept himself to himself — F.W.Crofts > (2) < manifestly was somebody to them — Sidney Lovett > < to him it seems unnecessary > d. (1) < falls to the heavy blows of the enemy > < loses his closest friend to a violent death — Gene Baro > < captivities to thieving barons — R.B.Pearsall > (2) < went to school to the same teacher > 8. — used as a function word to indicate that the following verb is an infinitive < wants to go > < seems to evaporate > < something to do > < a happier place to be — Irving Kolodin > < overcame great opposition to launch modern sanitary legislation — David Spitz > < to draw an analogy, we may be able — G.A.Miller > < sharpen their wits merely to survive — Harper's > < these people … whom it is our duty to properly represent — Congressional Record > — often used by itself at the end of a clause in place of an infinitive suggested by the preceding context < knows more than he seems to > < eats less than he ought to > < maybe you'd like to go but I don't want to > < I can't help it, I have to > < Candy? I'd love to > II. 1. a. (1) — used as a function word to indicate direction toward < birds with feathers wrong end to > — used chiefly in the phrase to and fro < children running to and fro > — used formerly in the phrase to and again < work the boat to and again — Daniel Defoe > (2) < the gale having gone over, we came to — R.H.Dana > b. obsolete < all parties have been heard to and again — Thomas Burton > 2. a. < the hall door snapped to — Nigel Dennis > b. (1) — used as a function word to indicate physical application or attachment < set to his seal that it was true > (2) < put the horses to > 3. — used as a function word to indicate application or attention < will stand to — Shakespeare > 4. a. < brings her to with smelling salts > b. archaic < forced to use a little fatherly authority to bring her to — Henry Fielding > 5. obsolete 6. < get to see 'em close to — Richard Llewellyn > |
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