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单词 too
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tooadverb

uk/tuː/us/tuː/

too adverb (MORE)

A1 more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enough:

I'm too fat.
I can't reach the shelf - it's (a bit) too high.
There were (far) too many people for such a small room.
It's too hard (for me) to explain.
It was too expensive a desk for a child's room.
It's (all) too much (= more than I can deal with) - I can't stand it.
all too

used before an adjective or adverb to emphasize a negative meaning:

The holidays flew by all too quickly.
only too

used before an adjective to emphasize a positive meaning:

"Would you like to make a donation?" "I'd be only too pleased."

More examples

  • Don't fill your glass too full or you'll spill it.
  • This book is a bit too grown-up for you.
  • I can't pick the kettle up - the handle's too hot.
  • By the time I saw the job advertised it was already too late to apply.
  • That hill's far too steep to cycle up.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Too much and unnecessary

  • a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
  • avalanche
  • be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
  • bellyful
  • binge
  • carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
  • hyper
  • immoderate
  • inessential
  • insatiable
  • lousy
  • overdose
  • play gooseberry idiom
  • plenty
  • plethora
  • proliferate
  • redundancy
  • sock
  • supplementary
  • surplus

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Linguistics: intensifying expressions
Linguistics: very & extreme

too adverb (ALSO)

A1 (especially at the end of a sentence) in addition, also:

I'd like to come too.
informal "I love chocolate." "Me too."

used to show surprise:

It's a wonderful picture of light shining through trees - and by a child too!
Compare
well adverb
moreover
what's more

More examples

  • You want a restaurant that serves good food but has a bit of atmosphere too.
  • By the way, please tell Ellis that he's welcome to come too.
  • Cars must stop at red traffic lights: similarly , bicycles should stop too.
  • "Well, I hate you too!" she snapped.
  • "I hope they stay together." "I hope so too."

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Also, extra, and in addition

  • added
  • additional
  • again
  • along
  • also
  • case
  • excess
  • for good measure idiom
  • for luck idiom
  • furthermore
  • hand
  • have sth in hand idiom
  • say
  • second 1
  • side
  • the icing on the cake idiom
  • thirdly
  • to boot idiom
  • to cap it all idiom
  • to say nothing of ... idiom

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too adverb (VERY)

A2 very, or completely:

He wasn't too pleased/happy when I told him about the mistake.
My mother hasn't been too well recently.
formal Thank you, you're too kind.

More examples

  • I like detective stories and romances - nothing too intellectual.
  • He has suffered a mild heart attack - nothing too serious.
  • Don't come too near me - you might catch my cold.
  • If we all work together, it shouldn't take too long.
  • He prefers plain food - nothing too fancy.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Linguistics: very & extreme

  • abject
  • awful
  • badly
  • beyond
  • classic
  • classical
  • devastating
  • drop dead! idiom
  • eminently
  • esp
  • especially
  • heartily
  • impossibly
  • rather
  • sheer
  • specially
  • supremely
  • thoroughly
  • whole
  • wide

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too adverb (CERTAINLY)

US informal used to emphasize a positive answer to a negative statement:

"I'm not going to school today." "You are too!"

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Linguistics: very & extreme

  • abject
  • awful
  • badly
  • beyond
  • classic
  • classical
  • devastating
  • drop dead! idiom
  • eminently
  • esp
  • especially
  • heartily
  • impossibly
  • rather
  • sheer
  • specially
  • supremely
  • thoroughly
  • whole
  • wide

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Idiom(s)

in too deep
too bad
too good to be true
too good to miss
too much like hard work
too much of a good thing
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