一、意思不同
1.to意思:
prep. 对于;为了;(表示方向)到;向;(表示间接关系)给
adv. (表示方向)去;(门)关上
2.too意思:adv. 也;太;而且;很
二、用法不同
1.to用法:表示在某范围之外,两者之间可以互相连接,也可以不连接,可与表示“谈话”“交际”的词连用。to表示交际的动作一般是单向的。
例句:
This will be a great boost to the economy.
这对于经济发展将是一个巨大的促进。
2.too用法:基本意思是“也”“还”“而且”,用于肯定句,否定句用either。too通常位于句末,其前的逗号可有可无,在书面语中,可位于句中,这时其前后一般应有逗号,在美式英语里,too可用于句首,其后必须有逗号。
例句:
I will go, provided that you go too.
你也去的话我就去。
三、侧重点不同
1.to侧重点:用于一般现在时或一般将来时。
2.too侧重点:用于一般将来时。
1、The water is piped to a filtration plant and then to a heat-transfer station on the mainland.
湖水通过管道传送通过一个过滤设施,然后就被传送到在大陆中的热交换站。
2、It certainly took him down a peg to be transferred to that humble position.
被调任到那个低下的职位,无疑使他很失面子。
3、The batter skived to the center fielder.
击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
4、The chairman was on record as saying that profit was setting to rise.
董事长说的利润开始上升这句话已经记录在案。
5、Financial policy plays an important role in helping farmers to increase their income.
财政政策在促进农民增收中具有重要的作用。
6、You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.
7、Mr Charles and Mr Luoh controlled for crime rates, as a proxy for social dysfunction, and found that it made no difference to their results.
8、Too old, too cramped?
9、To work too long or too hard.
10、Too much spoils, too little is nothing.