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to

/too; unstressed too, tuh/US // tu; unstressed tʊ, tə //UK // (tuː, unstressed before a vowel tʊ, unstressed before a consonant tə) //

至,到,给,以

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prep.介词 preposition
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    • : : They came to the house.
    • : in the direction of; toward: from north to south.
    • : : He grew to six feet.
    • : on; against; beside; upon: a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface.
    • : before; until: to this day; It is ten minutes to six. We work from nine to five.
    • : : going to the rescue.
    • : : sentenced to jail.
    • : : to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun.
    • : : He tore it to pieces.
    • : : They drank to her health.
    • : : claimants to an estate.
    • : : wet to the skin; goods amounting to $1000; Tomorrow's high will be 75 to 80°.
    • : with: He added insult to injury. They danced to the music. Where is the top to this box?
    • : : She held to her opinion.
    • : : inferior to last year's crop; The score is eight to seven.
    • : according to; by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge.
    • : : What will he say to this?
    • : : parallel to the roof.
    • : in; making up: 12 to the dozen; 20 miles to the gallon.
    • : : Give it to me. I refer to your work.
    • : Mathematics. raised to the power indicated: Three to the fourth is 81.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : toward a point, person, place, or thing, implied or understood.
    • : toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to.
    • : toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will.
    • : into a state of consciousness; out of unconsciousness: after he came to.

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Examples

  • What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.

  • That means the F-35 will be almost entirely reliant on long-range air-to-air missiles.

  • It will still carry a pair of Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM long-range air-to-air missiles and a pair of bombs.

  • The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.

  • Well, the numbers tell us so, as do all of our day-to-day interactions, just as the president said.

  • Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.

  • All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.

  • "Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.

  • Something remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.

  • To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.