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BNC: 115 COCA: 133

too

too /tuː/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv → to, two
1  [+adj/adverbadv]TOO/TOO MUCH more than is acceptable or possible 太，過分
Do you think the music’s too loud?
你覺得音樂太響了嗎？
You’ve put too much salt in the soup.
你往湯裏放鹽太多。
There are too many cars on the road.
路上車輛太多。
much/far too
Amanda is far too young to get married.
阿曼達太小了，還不能結婚。
too ... for something/somebody
I was getting too old for romantic relationships.
我的年齡已經不適合談情說愛了。
My boots were three sizes too big for me.
我的靴子大了三碼。
too ... to do something
He was too ill to travel.
他病得太重，不能出行。
too ... for somebody to do something
The box was too heavy for me to lift.
箱子太重，我提不起來。
5 GRAMMAR 語法
Do not use too after ‘a’ before an adjective and noun. Put too and the adjective before ‘a’. 當too與形容詞修飾名詞的結構連用時，不要把a放在too之前，而要把too和形容詞放在a之前
It is too high a price to pay.
價格高得買不起。
Do not use too much before an adjective. Just use too . 形容詞之前不用too much，只用too
The houses would be too expensive (NOT 不用 too much expensive) for local people.
這些房子對於當地人來說太貴了。
n Grammar
Word order
The correct word order is too + adjective + a + noun:
It is too high a price to pay.
價格高得買不起。
It’s too big a risk.
✗Don’t say: It is a too high price to pay. | It’s a too big risk.
Comparison
too
You use too before an adjective. You say:
The house is too expensive.
too much
You use too much before a noun. You say:
The house costs too much money.
Don’t use too much before an adjective. ✗Don’t say: The house is too much expensive.
2  AND/ALSOalso 也，亦，還
There were people from all over Europe, and America too.
有來自歐洲各地的人，也有來自美國的人。
Can I come too?
我也來行嗎？
‘I’m feeling hungry.’ ‘Me too.’
“我覺得餓了。”“我也是。”
It’s a more efficient system and it’s cheaper too.
這個系統更有效，也更便宜。
 GRAMMAR: Word order
Too is usually used at the end of a sentence or clause: too一般用於句子末尾
He was a teacher too.
他也是老師。
nIn more formal English, too is also used near the beginning of a sentence, after the subject, or after an adverb or phrase:
We too must play our part.
我們也必須盡自己的責任。
nHere, too, there are problems with the economy.
3  [+adj/adverbadv] spoken used with a negative to mean ‘not very’ 〔與否定詞連用，表示“不很”、“不是非常”〕
She doesn’t seem too upset about it.
她對此好像不是很難過。
‘What was the weather like?’ ‘Oh, not too bad.’
“天氣如何？” “不是太糟。”
She was none too pleased (=not at all pleased) when I told her.
我告訴她時，她一點也不高興。
4  all too/only too TOO/TOO MUCHused to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist 很，極，非常
Beggars are becoming an all too familiar sight in our cities.
在我們的城市裏，乞丐已經是見多不怪了。
I regret to say that these rumours are only too true.
我遺憾地說，這些傳言完全屬實。
Examples from the Corpus
all too/only too• Violent behavior is all too common in our society.
5  TOO/TOO MUCHused to emphasize a remark that you are adding 〔用於強調補充的話語〕
‘He’s been banned from driving.’ ‘A good thing too!’
“他被禁止駕駛了。”“這也是好事！”
‘A woman farmer?’ asked Gabriel. ‘Yes, and a rich one too.’
“一個女農場主？”加布裏埃爾問道。“對，還是一個有錢的女農場主。”
6  I am/he is/you are etc too! especially American EnglishAmE informalDISAGREE used to emphasize that you disagree with what someone has said about someone or something 我/他/你等其實[一定]…！〔用於斷然表示不同意〕
‘You’re not smart enough to use a computer.’ ‘I am too!’
“你不夠機靈，不會用電腦。”“我其實會！”
7  be too much for somebody used to say that something is so difficult, tiring, upsetting etc that someone cannot do it or bear it 非某人能力所及；非某人所能忍受
Working full-time was too much for her.
全天上班她吃不消。
The shock was too much for him.
這個打擊對他來說太大了。
Examples from the Corpus
be too much for somebody• I suspected that, deep down, the various emotional themes that Hannah played out were too much for Bruno.• The memories were too much for her.• But often this effort of concentration was too much for me.• This was too much for me.• But three thousand is too much for now.• It was too much for Quinn.
8  [+adj/adverbadv] spoken formal very 很，非常
Thank you. You are too kind.
謝謝，你真好。
9  be only too glad/pleased to do something to be very willing to do something 非常樂意做某事
I’d be only too pleased to assist you.
我很樂意幫助你。
Examples from the Corpus
be only too glad/pleased to do something• They know the way that the wind is blowing, and would be only too pleased to be redeployed into another trade.• The Library would be only too pleased to explore further suggestions along similar lines. 13.4.• She was only too glad to have even this talk bouncing against walls that had become a tomb.• I was only too glad to help.• The governments were only too pleased to oblige.• Cliff is only too pleased to prepare a celebratory meal for any special occasion.• We would be only too pleased to provide information on the Association.• If none is required, they will be only too pleased to tell you.
10  too little, too latetoo late too little used to complain that not enough is being done to solve a problem and that the action did not start early enough 太少也太晚〔用於抱怨解決某問題時做得不夠，采取的行動不夠及時〕
Doctors have criticized the government’s response to the crisis as too little, too late.
醫生批評政府對這次危機反應過於冷淡和遲緩。
Examples from the Corpus
too little, too late• A 3 percent funding increase is too little, too late to save the tutoring program.
Examples from the Corpus
too• "Seth finally got a job." "It's about time too."• It's fast and comfortable. It's economical, too.• Thursday is Vivian's birthday too.• President Clinton likes it, too.• Gary and Martha and the kids are coming to visit. They're bringing grandmother, too.• I love you, too.• The temperature was well below zero - much too cold to spend more than a few minutes on deck.• It's too early to go to dinner now.• $200! That's way too expensive.• Don't work too hard!• It's too hot in here.• Think about what you owe, too, in terms of mortgages, credit cards, loans or hire purchase.• It won't be too long before dinnertime.• Other kids complained it tasted great at first, but the aftertaste lingered too long.• But we had an untrained and undisciplined group, with too many leaders, and things started to break down.• I wasn't able to get too much sleep last night.• My room's too narrow for a king-size bed.• They didn't give him the job. They said he was too old.• Military officials believed that the harbor was too shallow for torpedo launches.• I was too tired to get up off the couch.• She's still too upset to talk about it.• Tamar's description, to him and Elizabeth, had been too vivid for him ever to confuse it.• Adam struggled, but he was too weak and the storm-troopers tore his trousers off, leaving him stark naked.
much/far too• Here were depths that Gordon could not easily contend with, and he was much too honest to minimize them.• It is far too large for one person these days.• Or at least not note those betraying absences until far too late.• Walking: There are far too many paths for anyone to explore them in one holiday.• Of course, at twenty-five, I was far too old to be married!• But Kyle was much too smart to let it be easy!• We did too much too soon.• It is far too wordy and vague, but here is my summary, for what it is worth.
none too• And she was none too anxious to hear about the show.• Twenty years ago the treasurer's job was simple and none too arduous.• That a young boy of none too comfortable means would be impressed by all this worldly expertise is not difficult to imagine.• She saw the stragglers gather, none too enthusiastically, but not unwillingly, either, and waited for the last-comers.• His spiritual advisers were none too happy with his reliance on pagan practices, nor probably was his court favourite Buckingham.• In consequence, the level of the Party's blood sugar was low; their expectations none too high.• If the result is none too pleasant, it's time to do something about it.• Flavia, none too practised herself, managed to get the number.
Origin too
Old English to “to, too”
BNC: 115 COCA: 133
BNC: 115 COCA: 133
BNC: 115 COCA: 133

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