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too

/too/US // tu //UK // (tuː) //

也,也是,太,也有

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in addition; also; furthermore; moreover: young, clever, and rich too.
    • : to an excessive extent or degree; beyond what is desirable, fitting, or right: too sick to travel.
    • : more, as specified, than should be: too near the fire.
    • : : I am too!
    • : extremely; very: She wasn't too pleased with his behavior.

Phrases

  • too bad
  • too big for one's britches
  • too close for comfort
  • too close to call
  • too good to be true
  • too little, too late
  • tool up
  • too many cooks spoil the broth
  • too much of a good thing
  • carry too far
  • (too) close to home
  • eat one's cake and have it, too
  • go too far
  • irons in the fire, too many
  • life is too short
  • none too
  • not (too) bad
  • only too
  • speak too soon
  • spread oneself too thin
  • take on (too much)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.

  • I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • In the not-too-distant future, the AMRAAM might also be out-ranged by new weapons that are being developed around the world.

  • Jennifer Lawrence has long been praised for her authenticity in a Hollywood elite full of all-too-carefully curated personalities.

  • Sheets of bright-but-not-too-bright blue streaked with thin clouds.

  • Coppy, in a tone of too-hastily-assumed authority, had told her over night that she must not ride out by the river.

  • From time to time Lockhart gave vent to a grim laugh, and Spivin displayed his feelings in a too-amiable smile.

  • Sylvan scenes, with a dash of human savagery in the foreground, form the best relief for a too-extended assimilation of books.

  • Then she looked more hopeful as her eyes rested on Betty, who was sorting the contents of a too-crowded dresser drawer.

  • Characteristically, this weakness seems to have taken the form of a too-generous estimate of his fellows.