单词详解

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A.（表示方向）朝；往

Please take my books to the office. 请把我的书送到办公室。

B.（表示动作对象、关系）对；给；于

My uncle is very friendly to me. 我的叔叔对我非常友好

C.（表示情况、状态）趋于；倾向

Living conditions of the villagers are becoming better and better.

村民的居住条件正变得越来越好。

D.（表示时间）直到

My mother wrote articles from morning to night. 我的妈妈从早到晚写文章。

E.（表示对比）比，对

The score of the football match is 2 to 1. 这场足球比赛的分数是二比一。

F.（表示目的）为了

I am leaving for the airport to see my aunt off. 我将去机场为我姑姑送行。

G. 用于动词不定式

To improve my oral English, I took part in the English corner of the school.

为了提高口语水平，我参加了学校的英语角。

H.（表示程度）到，达到

I was scared to death at the poisonous snake on the road.

看到毒蛇在路上我害怕得要死。

相关词组

1. to be honest  诚实的说

To be honest, I don’t understand what you said well. 老实说，我不是很明白你的话。

2. to make matters/things worse  更糟的是　

I went home late yesterday, to make matters worse, it began to snow.

我昨天回家很晚，更糟糕的是，天开始下起雪来。

3. to one’s (great)surprise  使某人大为惊奇的是　

He always gets the first prize, to my great surprise, he failed in this exam.

他一直获得第一名，令我吃惊的是，他这次考试失败了。

4. to one’s measure   按……的尺寸

  I want to make a suit for you to your measure. 我打算按照你的尺寸为你做一套西服。

5. to tell the truth 说实话，说出真情　

To tell you the truth, I really have no money to help you. 说实话，我真的没钱来帮助你。　

6. to the full  完全地，彻底地，  充分地　

What my uncle said ruined my dream to the full. 叔叔的话彻底摧毁了我的梦想。

7. to the point  扼要，切中要害

Your report is short and to the point. 你的报告简明扼要。

8. to (one’s) taste 合……的口味，中意

As you know, not everything can be done to your taste.

你是知道的，并非每个事情都会符合你的品位。