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too

too /tuː/ S1 W1 adverbadv → to, two

1 [+adj/adverbadv]TOO/TOO MUCH more than is acceptable or possible 太，过分

Do you think the music’s too loud?

你觉得音乐太响了吗？

You’ve put too much salt in the soup.

你往汤里放盐太多。

There are too many cars on the road.

路上车辆太多。

much/far too

Amanda is far too young to get married.

阿曼达太小了，还不能结婚。

too ... for something/somebody

I was getting too old for romantic relationships.

我的年龄已经不适合谈情说爱了。

My boots were three sizes too big for me.

我的靴子大了三码。

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，我提不起来。

5 GRAMMAR 语法

Do not use too after ‘a’ before an adjective and noun. Put too and the adjective before ‘a’. 当too与形容词修饰名词的结构连用时，不要把a放在too之前，而要把too和形容词放在a之前

It is too high a price to pay.

价格高得买不起。

Do not use too much before an adjective. Just use too . 形容词之前不用too much，只用too

The houses would be too expensive (NOT 不用 too much expensive) for local people.

这些房子对于当地人来说太贵了。

n Grammar

Word order

The correct word order is too + adjective + a + noun:

It is too high a price to pay.

价格高得买不起。

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，还

3 [+adj/adverbadv] spoken used with a negative to mean ‘not very’ 〔与否定词连用，表示“不很”、“不是非常”〕

4 all too/only too TOO/TOO MUCHused to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist 很，极，非常

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 〔用于强调补充的话语〕

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/你等其实[一定]…！〔用于断然表示不同意〕

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

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

9 be only too glad/pleased to do something to be very willing to do something 非常乐意做某事

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〔用于抱怨解决某问题时做得不够，采取的行动不够及时〕

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”