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there's nothing to it
1. （表示强调）容易得很
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.
双语例句
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。
CONVENTION. 习惯表达
to and fro
1. 来回地
If someone moves to and fro, they move repeatedly from one place to another and back again, or from side to side.
双语例句
例：She stood up and began to pace to and fro.
她站起来，开始来回踱步。
PHRASE. 习语
1. （表示方向、目的地）向
You use to when indicating the place that someone or something visits, moves towards, or points at.
双语例句
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. 去（参加）
If you go to an event, you go where it is taking place.
双语例句
例：We went to a party at the Kurts' 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. 附着 , 连接
If something is attached to something larger or fixed to it, the two things are joined together.
双语例句
例：There was a piece of cloth tied to the dog's collar.
那只狗的项圈上系着一条布。
4. （表示方位）在
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.
双语例句
例：Hemingway's studio is to the right.
海明威的工作室在右边。
5. 给
When you give something to someone, they receive it.
双语例句
例：He picked up the knife and gave it to me.
他捡起刀并递给我。
6. （表示行为或情感针对的目标）对于
You use to to indicate who or what an action or a feeling is directed towards.
双语例句
例：Marcus has been really mean to me today.
马库斯今天一直对我非常不友好。
例：troops loyal to the government.
忠于政府的军队。
7. 对于（表示受某事影响）
To can show who is affected by something.
双语例句
例：He is a witty man, and an inspiration to all of us.
他机智幽默，激励着我们所有人。
8. 对…（说）
If you say something to someone, you want that person to listen and understand what you are saying.
双语例句
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. （表示反应或情感）致使
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.
双语例句
例：To his surprise, the bedroom door was locked.
令他吃惊的是，卧室的门是锁着的。
10. 在…看来
To can show whose opinion is being stated.
双语例句
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. （表示状态或形势等的变化）成为
You use to when indicating what something or someone is becoming, or the state or situation that they are progressing towards.
双语例句
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.
被改建成自然中心的一幢旧农场主住宅。
12. （表示雇佣关系）为…工作
To can be used as a way of introducing the person or organization you are employed by.
双语例句
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. （表示时间跨度）直到
To can show a span of time.
双语例句
例：From 1977 to 1985 the United States gross national product grew 21 per cent.
从1977年至1985年，美国的国民生产总值增长了21。
14. （从…）到…（用于举例）
You use to to show two extreme examples of something.
双语例句
例：I read everything from fiction to history.
从小说到历史，我什么书都读。
15. （从…）到…（表示处所和工作的变换）
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.
双语例句
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. （表示时间）差…不到
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.
双语例句
例：At twenty to six I was waiting by the entrance to the station.
5点40分时，我正在车站入口处等着。
17. （表示比例）每
You use to when giving ratios and rates.
双语例句
例：engines that can run at 60 miles to the gallon.
每加仑油可行驶60英里的发动机。
18. 伴随着
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.
双语例句
例：Romeo left the stage, to enthusiastic applause.
罗密欧在热烈的掌声中离开了舞台。
19. （置于动词原形前构成不定式，该不定式结构可置于某些动词、名词和形容词以及如how，which和where等词之后）
You use to before the base form of a verb to form the to-infinitive. You use the to-infinitive after certain verbs, nouns, and adjectives, and after words such as 'how', 'which', and 'where'.
双语例句
例：The management wanted to know what I was doing there.
管理层想知道我在那儿做什么。
例：She told the family of her decision to resign.
她告诉了家里人她要辞职的决定。
20. （用于动词原形前表示行为的目的或意图）
You use to before the base form of a verb to indicate the purpose or intention of an action.
近义词
in order to
双语例句
例：using the experience of big companies to help small businesses.
用大公司的经验来帮助小企业。
21. （用于动词原形前表示对自己的话的评论）
You use to before the base form of a verb when you are commenting on a statement that you are making, for example, when saying that you are being honest or brief, or that you are summing up or giving an example.
双语例句
例：I'm disappointed, to be honest.
说实在的，我很失望。
22. （用于动词原形前，表明某个动作之后的情况）
You use to before the base form of a verb when indicating what situation follows a particular action.
双语例句
例：From the garden you walk down to discover a large and beautiful lake.
从花园往前走你会发现一个美丽的大湖。
23. 用于短语too much to和old enough to中；见 too 和 enough
You use to with 'too' and 'enough' in expressions like too much to and old enough to; see too and enough.
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