文法淺釋- (104)

文法淺釋- (104)

文法(grammar)與句型(sentence patterns)

八、動狀詞  (Verbal) (又稱變體動詞)

22) I am only too glad to see you.  (我太高興見到你。)

 too + adj. (adv.) + to + V    (太….以致不…) / too….for + n.

 The complete New Yorker magazine will soon be available on eight computers

discs; it’s too good to be true.

全套紐約客雜誌很快就可裝在八片CD出售； 簡直太好了

(**注：too good to be true…”好得…不會是真的..” 是一個常見的表達法。)   

He is too young for school. = He is too young to go to school.  他年紀太小不能上學。

The ship is too large for my taste, and some of the elegance is missing. 這艘船太大不

適合我品味，且原有的高雅也不見了。

但, only too +  adj. = very + adj.   十分地  ；若原句少了only 則其義為：

 我太高興以致不想見你。  (顯然不合理。)*比較：.

The sound is far (much) too minute to detect. 聲音太小以致於查覺不到。

much too…to +V = far too…to + V   (太……以致不…..)

比較：

a. There are far too few math and science teachers in America. 在美國數理老師

太少了

b. too……not to + V.太….以致不會不：

She is too smart not to see “Zero profit, zero risk.”  她太聰明不會不明白「無利

潤，無風險」。(= smart enough to see…)

23) He worked very hard, only to lose her love. (他努力工作反而失去她的愛。)

       

 , only to+ V 表示與前述句有相反的結果   (注意：正式英文only前面須有一

逗點與主要句子隔開)例： 

a. He rushed to the gate, only to find it locked.他衝到大門，卻發現它鎖著。—(本來

他期望可以衝出門外)

b. Ron jumped up and bellowed at a bystander to call 911as the gunman escaped, only

to be confronted by the police farther down the block.

當持槍者逃逸時，Ron 跳來並大聲向一位旁觀者叫他打911電話報警，想不到

卻在下條街遇到警察。

Imagine coming to this culinary capital only to have your Extra Crispy catered. 想像來

到這座烹調首府，卻吃到了KFC(肯塔基) 超脆的炸雞。比較：

    ** He went to America, never to return. 他去美國，結果卻一去不回。

    Justin Lai編

05/01/2015