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辅音前通常读作tə，元音前通常读作tʊ，但当重读时读作tuː。

• 1. 

  PREP You use to when indicating the place that someone or something visits, moves toward, or points at. (表示方向、目的地) 向

  例：

  Two friends and I drove to Florida during spring break.

  我和两位朋友在春假期间开车去了佛罗里达州。

  例：

  She went to the window and looked out.

  她走到窗前向外望去。

• 2. 

  PREP If you go to an event, you go where it is taking place. 去 (参加)

  例：

  We went to a party at the Kurt's house.

  我们去库尔特家参加了一个聚会。

  例：

  He came to dinner.

  他来吃晚饭。

• 3. 

  PREP If something is attached to something larger or fixed to it, the two things are joined together. 附着

  例：

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

  有一条布系在狗项圈上。

• 4. 

  PREP You use to when indicating the position of something. For example, if something is to your left, it is nearer your left side than your right side. (表示方位) 在

  例：

  Hemingway's studio is to the right.

  海明威的工作室在右边。

• 5. 

  PREP When you give something to someone, they receive it. 给 [v n PREP n]

  例：

  He picked up the knife and gave it to me.

  他捡起刀并拿给我。

• 6. 

  PREP You use to to indicate who or what an action or a feeling is directed toward. (表示行为或情感针对的目标) 对于 [adj/n PREP n]

  例：

  Marcus has been really mean to me today.

  马库斯今天确实一直对我不友好。

  例：

  ...troops loyal to the government.

  …忠于政府的军队。

• 7. 

  PREP To can show who is affected by something. 对 (表示受某事影响) [adj/n PREP n]

  例：

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

  他是一个风趣的男人，对我们所有的人是一种鼓舞。

• 8. 

  PREP If you say something to someone, you want that person to listen and understand what you are saying. 对… (说)

  例：

  I will explain to them that I can't pay them.

  我会向他们解释说我无法付钱给他们。

• 9. 

  PREP You use to when showing someone's reaction to something or their feelings about a situation or event. For example, if you say that something happens to someone's surprise you mean that they are surprised when it happens. (表示反应或情感) 致使

  例：

  To his surprise, the bedroom door was locked.

  使他吃惊的是，卧室的门是锁着的。

• 10. 

  PREP To can show whose opinion is being stated. 在…看来

  例：

  It was clear to me that he respected his boss.

  在我看来，显然他尊重他的老板。

• 11. 

  PREP You use to when indicating what something or someone is becoming, or the state or situation that they are progressing toward. (表示状态或形势等的变化) 成为

  例：

  The shouts changed to laughter.

  叫喊声变成了笑声。

  例：

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

  …一幢破旧的牧场主住宅，已被改装成一个大自然中心。

• 12. 

  PREP To can be used as a way of introducing the person or organization you are employed by. (表示雇佣关系) 为…工作 [n PREP n]

  例：

  Rickman worked as a dresser to Nigel Hawthorne.

  里克曼曾做过奈杰尔•霍索恩的服装师。

• 13. 

  PREP To can show a span of time. (表示时间跨度) 直到

  例：

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

  从1977年至1985年，美国的国民生产总值增长了21%。

• 14. 

  PREP You use to to show two extreme examples of something. (从…) 到… (用于举例) ['from' n PREP n]

  例：

  I read everything from fiction to history.

  我从小说到历史书什么书都读。

• 15. 

  PREP If someone goes from place to place or from job to job, they go to several places, or work in several jobs, and spend only a short time in each one. (从…) 到… (表示处所和工作的变换) ['from' n PREP n]

  例：

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

  拉里和安迪四处漂泊，干了各种各样的活。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If someone moves to and fro, they move repeatedly from one place to another and back again, or from side to side. 来回地

  例：

  She stood up and began to pace to and fro.

  她站起来开始来回地踱步。

• 17. 

  PREP You use to when you are stating a time less than thirty minutes before an hour. For example, if it is "five to eight," it is five minutes before eight o'clock. (表示时间) 差…不到 [num/n PREP num]

  例：

  At twenty to six I was waiting by the entrance to the station.

  6点差20分时，我在车站入口处等着。

• 18. 

  PREP You use to when giving ratios and rates. (表示比例) 每

  例：

  ...engines that can run at 60 miles to the gallon.

  …发动机，每加仑油可行驶60英里。

• 19. 

  PREP You use to when indicating that two things happen at the same time. For example, if something is done to music, it is done at the same time as music is being played. 伴随着

  例：

  Romeo left the stage, to enthusiastic applause.

  罗密欧在热烈的掌声中离开了舞台。

• 20. 

  CONVENTION If you say "There's nothing to it," "There's not much to it," or "That's all there is to it," you are emphasizing how simple you think something is. (表示强调) 容易得很 [强调]

  例：

  "There is nothing to it," those I asked about it told me.

  “那容易得很，”我问过的那些人告诉我说。

• 21. 

  → see also according to##according to

• 22. 

  → see also too