? ? ?1.動詞+to

  a)動詞+ to。介詞to意為“達到,指向”等:

  adjust to適應, attend to處理;照料,

  agree to贊同, amount to加起來達…,belong to屬于, come to達到,

  drink to為…干杯,get to到達, happen to發(fā)生在某人身上, hold to緊握,

  lead to通向, listen to聽, occur to想起, object to反對, point to指向,

  respond to回答, refer to參考;指的是…;涉及, reply to回答, see to負責,

  stick to堅持, turn to求助, write to給某人寫信。

  例如:

  She must learn to adjust herself to English life. 她必須學會適應英國的生活。

  Business has to be attended to. 有事要辦。

  An idea occurred to me. 我想出一個辦法。

  b)動詞(+sth.)+to+sb.。下列動詞不能直接帶間接賓語sb.,要接間接賓語時須在動詞后加介詞to:

  announce to通知某人, describe to向某人描述, explain to向某人解釋,

  express to對某人表達, mention to提及, nod to向某人點頭, report to報告,

  say to告知, shout to對某人大叫, suggest to對某人提建議,

  speak to與某人交談, talk to跟某人談話, whisper to和某人低聲耳語。

  例如:

  She suggested to me one or two suitable people for the committee.

  她跟我向委員會推舉了一兩個合適的人選。

  c)動詞+sth./sb.+ to +sth./sb.。此時介詞to可譯成“到,于,給”等意思:

  add to增加, compare to比作, carry to運送至, devote to致力于,

  introduce to介紹給, invite to邀請參加, join to連接到, leave to委托給,

  reduce to下降至, sentence to判處, take to帶到。

  例如:

  Please add a piece of candy to coffee. 請給咖啡加塊糖。

  Poets like to compare life to stage. 詩人喜歡把人生比作舞臺。

  2. be +形容詞/過去分詞+ to。to的意思是“對…”:

  be alive to覺察;曉得, be attentive to注意;留心, be awake to知曉,

  be blind to缺乏眼光,be close to緊挨著, be common to對某人來說很普通,

  be contrary to違反;反對, be devoted to致力, be deaf to不愿意聽,

  be equal to有…的力量,

  be exposed to暴露;遭受, be fair to對…公平, be familiar to對某人來說熟悉,

  be grateful to對某人心存感激, be good to對…有好處, be harmful to對…有危害,

  be important to對…重要, be kind to友好對待, be known to周知于,

  be married to嫁給, be moved to轉移到, be near to靠近,

  be necessary to對…有必要, be opposite to在對面, be opposed to反對,

  be pleasant to合某人之意, be proper to專屬, be polite to禮貌待人,

  be rude to粗暴對待, be relative to與…有關, be strange to不習慣,

  be similar to類似, be suitable to適合, be true to忠實,

  be thankful to感激, be useful to對…有用, be used to習慣。

  例如:

  Are you alive to what is going on? 你注意到發(fā)生什么事了嗎?

  The old man was not equal to the situation. 那老人不能應付這種情況。

  His house is opposite to mine. 他的房子在我的房子對面。

  +名詞構成的詞組有:

  to a degree在某種程度上, to date到現在為止,

  to one’s feet跳起來,to one’s mind照…看來, to one’s surprise使…吃驚,

  to one’s taste符合胃口, to oneself獨自享用, to order定做,

  to the letter不折不扣地, to the point中肯地。