高中英语语法知识课外辅导:too…to…及其它 |
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请看2003年高考英语试题中"完形填空"第54题: When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to______ A. playB. start C. sleepD. move 答案是D。本句意为:当比赛最后结束时,我们俩仰躺在地,累得无法动弹。 英语中too+adj./adv.+to do sth.表示否定,意思为"太……以致不能……",这时too后面的形容词或副词往往是表示性质或特征的词。too...to...结构还有以下几点值得注意: 1.too+adj.+to do sth.结构除表示否定意义外,还可以表示肯定意思。这时too后面常常跟表示心情、态度或倾向性方面的形容词,主要有anxious,eager, easy, glad, happy, pleased, ready,willing等,此时too的意思是"十分;非常;很"等。例如: They were too anxious to leave.(=very anxious to leave)他们急于要离开。 He is too glad to go there.(=very glad to go there)他非常高兴去那儿。 2.为了加强语气,我们可以将much与too连用,可译成"实在太……"。例如: He was much too tired to go farther.他实在太累了,以致无法再往前走了。 Allen had to call a taxi because the box was______to carry all the way home.(NMET2003) A. much too heavy B. too much heavy C. heavy too much D. too heavy much 答案是A。本句意为:因箱子实在太重了,不能一路搬回家,爱伦只好叫了一辆出租车。 3.为了加强语气,我们还可以用only, but与too...to...连用,构成only/but+too+adj.+to do sth.结构,表示肯定意思。only,but用于too前面加强语气,相当于really。例如: He is only too pleased to receive her invitation.他非常高兴收到她的请柬。 She is but too willing to help others.她非常愿意帮助别人。 4.由否定词not, never等与too...to...构成双重否定,not/never+too+adj./adv.+to do sth.或too+adj./adv.+not to do sth.表示否定的否定,实质是肯定,而且语气较为强烈。翻译时可以译为双重否定句,也可改译为肯定句。例如: He was too near for us not to see him.当时他距离太近,以致我们不能看不见他/以致我们看见了他。 One is never too old to learn.人绝不会因年纪太大而不能学习。/活到老,学到老。 (文/傅鸣;英语辅导报高三版2003-2004学年第37期;版权归英语辅导报社所有,独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育,未经许可,不得以任何形式进行转载。) |
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