搜尋結果
to
- IPA[to͞o]
美式
- expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location);expressing location, typically in relation to a specified point of reference
- used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.;expressing purpose or intention
- so as to be closed or nearly closed
- 釋義
介系詞
- 1. expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location) walking down to the mall my first visit to Africa
- ▪ expressing location, typically in relation to a specified point of reference forty miles to the south of the site place the cursor to the left of the first word
- ▪ expressing a point reached at the end of a range or after a period of time a drop in profits from $105 million to around $75 million from 1938 to 1945
- ▪ British (in telling the time) before (the hour specified) it's five to ten
- 2. approaching or reaching (a particular condition) Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy she was close to tears
- ▪ expressing the result of a process or action smashed to smithereens
- ▪ governing a phrase expressing someone's reaction to something to her astonishment, he smiled
- 3. identifying the person or thing affected you were terribly unkind to her
- ▪ identifying the recipient or intended recipient of something he wrote a heart-rending letter to the parents I am deeply grateful to my parents
- 4. identifying a particular relationship between one person and another he is married to Jan's cousin she is senior advisor to the chief executive officer
- ▪ in various phrases indicating how something is related to something else (often followed by a noun without a determiner) made to order a prelude to disaster
- ▪ indicating a rate of return on something, e.g., the distance traveled in exchange for fuel used, or an exchange rate that can be obtained in one currency for another it only does ten miles to the gallon
- ▪ indicating the power (exponent) to which a number is raised ten to the minus thirty-three
- 5. indicating that two things are attached he had left his bike chained to a fence they are inextricably linked to this island
- 6. concerning or likely to concern (something, especially something abstract) a threat to world peace a reference to Psalm 22:18
- 7. used to introduce the second element in a comparison it's nothing to what it once was
infi
- 1. used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.
- ▪ expressing purpose or intention I set out to buy food I am going to tell you a story
- ▪ expressing an outcome, result, or consequence he was left to die he managed to escape
- ▪ expressing a cause I'm sorry to hear that
- ▪ indicating a desired or advisable action I'd love to go to France this summer the leaflet explains how to start a recycling program
- ▪ indicating a proposition that is known, believed, or reported about a specified person or thing a house that people believed to be haunted
- ▪ forming a future tense with reference to the immediate future he was about to sing
- ▪ after a noun, indicating its function or purpose a chair to sit on something to eat
- ▪ after a phrase containing an ordinal number the first person to arrive
- 2. used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood he asked her to come but she said she didn't want to
副詞
- 1. so as to be closed or nearly closed he pulled the door to behind him