单词 | too |
释义 | tootoo /tu/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1[+ adj./adv.] more than is needed, wanted, or possible, or more than is reasonable: The music is too loud. You’re walking too slowly.too much/little/many etc. something There’s too much salt in the soup.too tall/old etc. for somebody/something The hat is too small for me.too young/hot/big etc. to do something It’s too cold to go outside.much/far/way etc. too old/expensive/hard etc. New York’s way too expensive.2[at the end of a sentence or clause, or after the subject of a sentence] also: Thursday is Vivian’s birthday too. I love you, too. You too could be a winner. “I really like him.” “Me too (=I like him too).” → see also either4, neither2, see Grammar at also3not/none too [+ adj./adv.] used like “not very” for saying that the opposite of something is true: I wasn’t able to get too much sleep last night. It won’t be too long before dinnertime. “How are you?” “Not too bad.” Her parents were none too pleased.4I am/he is/you are etc. too informal used, especially by children, for saying angrily that something is true when someone else has just said it is not true: “You’re not smart enough to use a computer.” “I am too!”5too nice/smart/fast etc. for your own good used to say that although someone or something seems to have a lot of a good quality, it sometimes causes problems: Sometimes I think Andy is too smart for his own good.6be too much for somebody to be so difficult, tiring, upsetting, etc. that someone cannot do or deal with it: The shock of his death was too much for her.7all too/only too used to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist: Violent behavior is all too common in our society.8too little, too late used to say that someone did not do enough to prevent something bad from happening: The extra money they’re offering is too little, too late.9used to emphasize a remark or detail that you are adding: “Seth finally got a job.” “It’s about time too.” [Origin: Old English to to, too] → see also too bad at bad1 (14) |
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