介词 to 的用法

构成动词不定式，要做/去做

She agreed to help.
I need to eat something first.
“Are you going tonight?” “I’m certainly hoping to.”
He told me to wait.
It’s not likely to happen.
He has this enviable ability to ignore everything that’s unpleasant in life.
To go overseas on your own is very brave.
I don’t know what to do.
I’m going there to see my sister.
To be honest (= speaking honestly), Becky, I like thegrey shirt better.
There’s an awful lot of work to be done.

向

to + destination，前往

We’re going to town on the bus, okay?
She walked over to the window.
She goes to her doctor for regular check-ups.

对着

She gave a cheesy grin to the cameras.
I had my back to them, so I couldn’t see what they were doing.

给 + to + sb，给某人

I lent my bike to my brother.
I told that to Alex and he just laughed.
Who’s the letter addressed to?

比较

Paul beat me by three games to two (= he won three and I won two).
He was old enough to be her father – she looked about 30 to his 60.

adjective + to +sb，对某人来说怎样

She was so mean to me.
I realize it may sound strange to you.
Our house must seem luxurious to them.
Our customs probably seem funny to them.
It seemed odd to me that they didn’t want to come to London.

nothing/not anything + to + sb

She thinks her house is great, but it’s nothing to where I live.
She’s earning a reasonable wage, but nothing to what she could if she was in the private sector.
I mean, £50 is nothing to him (= he would not consider it a large amount).
Loyalty doesn’t mean anything to them.

对每一个

How many dollars are there to the pound?
This car does about 40 miles to the gallon.
When we go swimming together I do six lengths to her twelve.
How many euros are there to the pound?
There are three children to each teacher.

关于，对于

There’s a funny side to everything.
*He was reading books like Perfume, which is all about the murder of women, and he had a very dark side to him as well, so he was drawing from all of these influences and then creating something very beautiful out of it.
She has no rightful claim to the title.

to sb，对某人来说

*And to me, the whole thinking behind this MA was to make them work in teams, working together, as you do in the fashion world.

relation to

*He didn’t know that you could take a subject that had no relation to clothing.

response to

What was their response to your query?
The public’s response to the crisis appeal was generous and compassionate.

commit to

Like so many men, he has problems committing himself to a relationship.
She is known chiefly for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.

致以

a toast to

I proposed a toast to the bride and the groom.

dedicate to

The record is dedicated to her mother, who died recently.
The book is dedicated to her son.
I’d like to dedicate the movie to the memory of my father.

连接

A fast rail service connects us to the city.

贴近

The paper was stuck to the wall with tape.
Stand back to back.
They were dancing cheek to cheek.
Their faces were nose to nose, scowling at each other.
The children stood back to back to see who was tallest.
He was standing, hand to mouth in horror.

直到

It’s only two weeks to Christmas.
Unemployment has risen to almost eight million.
He drank himself to death.
She nursed me back to health.

跨度

There were probably 30 to 35 (= a number between 30 and 35) people there.
The police are expecting four to five thousand marchers tomorrow.
We have allowed two to four drinks per person.

from … to …

The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936 to 1939.

（时间）差多久到整点

It’s twenty to six.

距离

John’s standing to the left of Adrian in the photo.
The Yorkshire Dales are twenty miles to the north of the city.

到达某种程度

Look at your shirt – it’s torn to shreds!
She was thrilled to bits.
I was bored to tears.

引起

That’s when I found out, to my amazement, that she was coming here.
To their great surprise, they all passed the exam.
I learned, to my annoyance, that he had already left.
To my complete horror, the car turned right over.
To my despair, I saw that the water was rising.

be to do，要做某事

The government announced today that it is to cut funding for the arts for next year.
We are to leave tomorrow at dawn.

职业 + to + 客户，服务于

As a personal trainer to the rich and famous, he earns over a million dollars a year.
He was footman to the king.
He was doctor to the poor.
She was maid to a rich family in London.

匹配，属于

My dad gave me the keys to his car.
I’ve lost the trousers to this jacket.
Is there a cover to this book?
I gave her the password to my computer.

特征

She has a mean side to her.
There is a very moral tone to this book.
There is a softer side to her nature.

伴着，与此同时

I like exercising to music.
He left the stage to the sound of booing.

成为好处

When the pasta is done to your liking, drain the water.
I think being at the meeting would be to your advantage.