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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++too /tuː/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1 [+adj/adverb]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tooThe 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 GrammarWord orderThe 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. Comparisontoo• 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/adverb] 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 English 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8 [+adj/adverb] 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• "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”too adverb →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
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too S1 W1 /tuː/
adverb
Do you think the music’s too loud?
You’ve put too much salt in the soup.
There are too many cars on the road.
much/far too
Amanda is far too young to get married.
too ... for something/somebody
I was getting too old for romantic relationships.
My boots were three sizes too big for me.
too ... to do something
He was too ill to travel.
too ... for somebody to do something
The box was too heavy for me to lift.
GRAMMAR
Do not use too after 'a' before an adjective and noun. Put too and the adjective before 'a':
▪It is too high a price to pay.
Do not use too much before an adjective. Just use too:
▪The houses would be too expensive (NOT too much expensive) for local people.
2. also:
There were people from all over Europe, and America too.
Can I come too?
‘I’m feeling hungry.’ ‘Me too.’
It’s a more efficient system and it’s cheaper too.
GRAMMAR
Too is usually used at the end of a clause:
▪He was a teacher too.
In formal writing, too can be put after the subject, or after an adverb or prepositional phrase at the beginning of a clause:
▪We too must play our part.
▪Here, too, matters are not so simple.
3. [+ adjective/adverb] spoken used with a negative to mean ‘not very’:
She doesn’t seem too upset about it.
‘What was the weather like?’ ‘Oh, not too bad.’
She was none too pleased (=not at all pleased) when I told her.
4. all too/only too used to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist:
Beggars are becoming an all too familiar sight in our cities.
I regret to say that these rumours are only too true.
5. used to emphasize a remark that you are adding:
‘He’s been banned from driving.’ ‘A good thing too!’
‘A woman farmer?’ asked Gabriel. ‘Yes, and a rich one too.’
6. I am/he is/you are etc too! especially American English informal used to emphasize that you disagree with what someone has said about someone or something:
‘You’re not smart enough to use a computer.’ ‘I am too!’
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:
Working full-time was too much for her.
The shock was too much for him.
8. [+ adjective/adverb] spoken formal very:
Thank you. You are too kind.
9. be only too glad/pleased to do something to be very willing to do something:
I’d be only too pleased to assist you.
10. too little, too late used to complain that not enough is being done to solve a problem and that the action did not start early enough:
Doctors have criticized the government’s response to the crisis as too little, too late.
too S1 W1 /tuː/
adverb Language: Old English
Origin: to 'to, too'
1. [+ adjective/adverb] more than is acceptable or possible:Origin: to 'to, too'
much/far too
too ... for something/somebody
too ... to do something
too ... for somebody to do something
GRAMMAR
Do not use too after 'a' before an adjective and noun. Put too and the adjective before 'a':
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Do not use too much before an adjective. Just use too:
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2. also:
GRAMMAR
Too is usually used at the end of a clause:
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In formal writing, too can be put after the subject, or after an adverb or prepositional phrase at the beginning of a clause:
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3. [+ adjective/adverb] spoken used with a negative to mean ‘not very’:
4. all too/only too used to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist:
5. used to emphasize a remark that you are adding:
6. I am/he is/you are etc too! especially American English informal used to emphasize that you disagree with what someone has said about someone or something:
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:
8. [+ adjective/adverb] spoken formal very:
9. be only too glad/pleased to do something to be very willing to do something:
10. too little, too late used to complain that not enough is being done to solve a problem and that the action did not start early enough:
Also is more formal thanas well andtoo , and it usually comes before the main verb or afterbe .* also 比 as well 和 too 正式，通常置于主要动词之前或 be 之后 ：◆ I went to New York last year, and I also spent some time in Washington. 我去年去了纽约，还在华盛顿待了些时间。 In BrE Too is much more common in spoken and informal English. It is usually used at the end of a sentence.在英式英语中，also 通常不置于句末。too 则多用于非正式的口语，且通常置于句末 ：◆ 'I'm going home now.' 'I'll come too.' “现在我要回家了。” “我也一起走。” In BrE as well is used liketoo , but inNAmE 在英式英语中，as well 的用法同 too，但在美式英语中，as well 显得正式或过时。 When you want to add a second negative point in a negative sentence, use not…either .在否定句中要增加一个否定成分可用 not ... either ：◆ She hasn't phoned and she hasn't written either. 她没来过电话，也没有写信。 If you are adding a negative point to a positive one, you can use not… as well/too .在肯定句中要增加一个否定成分可用 not ... as well/too ：◆ You can have a burger, but you can't have fries as well. 你可以吃汉堡包，但不可以同时又吃炸薯条。
