专业翻译公司谈to的各种用法归纳

十一: 表示命运,注定,如:be doomed to,be destined to,

  All military adventures by the two super powers are doomed to fail.

  十二: 表示数量上的积累或增加,如:in addition to,add to,amount to

  In addition to relief supplies,he also presented with some money.

  The annual output of steel amounts to 1200 tons.

  十三: 表示全身心投入的含义,如:be addicted to,contribute to,devote to,commit to

  He is determined to devote all his life to his.

  十四: 表示展望或是回顾,如:look forward to反date back to

  The church dates back to the 13th century.

  十五: 表示方位概念.如:close to,next to

  I don't like wool next to my skin.

  十六: 表示依靠或借助,如:resort to,turn to,appeal to,

  He usually appeals to arms to settle the territory dispute.

  十七: 表示有关注,关于: as to,with regard to

  十八: 表示关注或重视,如:pay attention to,attach to,

  We should attach primary importance to job training.

  十九: 表示依据或是根据,如:according to,in proportion to

  According to today's newspaper,the match will be postponed.

  The lending countries subscribe towards capital stock in proportion to heir economic importance.

  二十: 表示应该或必须含义的句式, 如:

  It's time to get up.

  We are supposed to get here at seven.

  It's up to this country to ban nuclear weapons.

  常用词组

  respond to（反应）, appeal to（吸引）, catch on to（理解）, listen to （收听）,used to（过去常常）, give birth to,attend to（照料）, see to（负责）, be entitled to（有权）, belong to（属于）, come to（苏醒）, stand up to（勇敢面对）, help oneself to（请自便）, refer to,to the point（切题）,

  Train them to stand up to any severe test in hard.

  The ticket entitled you to a free meal in the luxury hotel.

  See to it that the children get a hot meal after their swim.

  You will catch on to the job shortly after wards.

  People usually refer to television for up-to-the-minute news.