英汉词典

to 基本解释

• adv. 向前；（门等）关上
• prep. 到；向；（表示时间、方向）朝…方向
• n. (To)人名；(柬)多；(中)脱(普通话·威妥玛)

to 中文词源

来自古英语 to,朝向，在某方向，来自 West-Germanic*to,朝向，来自 PIE*do,指示代词词干， 朝，向，衍生前缀 de-.

to 英文词源

to

to: [OE] To comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *tō, which also produced German zu and Dutch toe. This went back ultimately to an Indo-European *do, which also produced Russian do ‘to’. Too is historically the same word as to.
=> too

to (prep.)

Old English to "in the direction of, for the purpose of, furthermore," from West Germanic *to (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian to, Dutch too, Old High German zuo, German zu "to"), from PIE pronominal base *do- "to, toward, upward" (cognates: Latin donec "as long as," Old Church Slavonic do "as far as, to," Greek suffix -de "to, toward," Old Irish do, Lithuanian da-), from demonstrative *de-.

Not found in Scandinavian, where the equivalent of till (prep.) is used. In Old English, the preposition (go to town) leveled with the adverb (the door slammed to) except where the adverb retained its stress (tired and hungry too); there it came to be written with -oo (see too).

The nearly universal use of to with infinitives (to sleep, to dream, etc.) arose in Middle English out of the Old English dative use of to, and it helped drive out the Old English inflectional endings (though in this use to itself is a mere sign, without meaning).

Commonly used as a prefix in Middle English (to-hear "listen to," etc.), but few of these survive (to-do, together, and time references such as today, tonight, tomorrow -- Chaucer also has to-yeere). To and fro "side to side" is attested from mid-14c. Phrase what's it to you "how does that concern you?" (1819) is a modern form of an old question:

Huæd is ðec ðæs?
[John xxi:22, in Lindisfarne Gospel, c.950]

to 同义词解析

ought, to, should

这两个情态动词均可表示"应该，应当"之意。

ought to： 侧重反映客观情况，多在涉及法律、道义、责任、义务或原则时使用。

should： 侧重自己的主观看法，语气比ought to稍弱一些。

to 双语例句

1. I think he means "at" rather than "to"

我想，他是想说at，而不是to。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.

美是一种态度，与年龄无关。

来自金山词霸

3. The best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.

踏入未知地带最好的对策就是微笑。

来自美剧《凯莉日记》

4. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.

不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

5. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

来自《傲慢与偏见》

to 实用场景例句

Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break...

我和两个朋友在大学春假期间开车去了佛罗里达。

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Ramsay made a second visit to Italy.

拉姆齐第二次访问意大利。

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We went to a party at the leisure centre...

我们去休闲活动中心参加了一个聚会。

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He came to dinner...

他来赴晚宴了。

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There was a piece of cloth tied to the dog's collar...

狗项圈上系着一条布。

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Many patients prefer hand-held shower heads rather than those fixed to the wall…

很多病人更喜欢手握式的淋浴喷头而不是固定在墙上的那种。

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Hemingway's studio is to the right...

海明威的工作室在右面。

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You will see the chapel on the hill to your left…

你会看见那座小教堂在你左侧的山上。

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He picked up the knife and gave it to me...

他捡起刀子递给我。

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Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.

公司应获许以较低的工资给长期失业的人提供岗位。

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Marcus has been most unkind to me today...

马库斯今天对我非常无礼。

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…troops loyal to the government.

忠于政府的军队

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He is a witty man, and an inspiration to all of us...

他机智风趣，鼓舞激励着我们所有人。

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Marriage is not the answer to everything...

婚姻并不能解决一切问题。

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I'm going to have to explain to them that I can't pay them.

我将不得不向他们解释我不能付钱给他们。

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To his surprise, the bedroom door was locked…

令他吃惊的是，卧室门锁上了。

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He survived, to the amazement of surgeons.

令外科医生惊讶的是，他竟活下来了。

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It was clear to me that he respected his boss...

在我看来他显然很尊重他的上司。

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Everyone seemed to her to be amazingly kind.

每个人对她来说都善良得不可思议。

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The shouts changed to screams of terror.

喊叫声变成了惊恐的尖叫声。

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...an old ranch house that has been converted to a nature centre.

被改建成自然中心的旧农场主住宅

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Rickman worked as a dresser to Nigel Hawthorne...

里克曼曾是奈杰尔·霍索恩的服装师。

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He was an official interpreter to the government of Nepal.

他曾是尼泊尔政府的官方译员。

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Every vehicle was banned from coming into Mexico City one day a week from Monday to Friday…

每周一到周五期间都会有一天禁止所有车辆进入墨西哥城。

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From 1977 to 1985 the United States gross national product grew 21 percent...

从1977到1985年，美国的国民生产总值增长了 21%。

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I read everything from fiction to history.

从小说到历史，我什么书都读。

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…mechanical toys and gadgets, from typewriters to toy cars.

从打字机到玩具汽车这样的机械玩具和小巧装置

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Larry and Andy had drifted from place to place, worked at this and that.

拉里和安迪从一处漂泊到另一处，干点这个又干点那个。

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She stood up and began to pace to and fro...

她站起身，开始来回踱步。

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The boat was rocking gently to and fro in the water.

小船在水中轻轻地来回摇荡。

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