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too MOREtU:adv [not gradable]more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enough太，过于You're too fat.你太胖了。I can't reach the shelf -- it's (a bit) too high.我够不到这个架子----它（有点）太高了。There were (far) too many people for such a small room.对这么小的房间来说，人太多了。You're (much) too late -- the meeting has finished.你太晚了----会议已经结束了。This picture's too big to put on that wall. [+ to infinitive]这幅画太大了，不能挂在墙上。It's too difficult (for me) to explain. [+ to infinitive]这太难，(我)解释不了。It was too hot (for them) to want to go sightseeing. [+ to infinitive](对他们来说)太热了，不想去观光。(fml) It was too expensive a desk for a child's room.作为孩子房里的书桌，这太贵了。All/Only too can be used to emphasize an adjective.（表强调）太; 非常"Would you like to make a donation?" "I'd be only too (= extremely) pleased." “你愿意作捐赠吗？”“我非常乐意。”The holidays flew by all too (= regrettably very) quickly.假期过的太快了。It's all too (= very) easy to say yes because your friends encourage you.由于有你朋友鼓励你，你很容易说“是的”。It's (all) too much (= more than I can deal with) -- I can't bear it.这太过分了----我受不了。(infml) If you say something is too bad you can mean that you are sympathetic about someone else's problem, or that you are not. The difference is in what is being talked about and the way that you say it.太糟糕了It's too bad that you can't come to see Mark in his school play.太遗憾了，你不能来看马克在学校的戏剧演出。"I can't come on Friday.""That's too bad -- I've already bought the tickets so you'll still have to pay." “我星期五不能来了。”“那太糟糕了----我已经买了票，所以你仍然得付钱。”To be in too deep is to be too involved in a difficult situation.陷入困境We thought it was too good an opportunity to miss (= we should take the opportunity).我觉得我们不能错过这样一个好机会。Too good to be true means so good that it is not believable.好得令人难以置信Her new job sounds too good to be true.她的新工作听上去好得令人难以置信。If an action is too little (and) too late it has not happened early enough or in a strong enough way to stop a bad situation getting worse.（行动）规模太小，太迟了Officials admit that the replanting of the hillsides only started five years ago and seems to be a classic case of too little and too late.官方承认山坡的重新植树5年前才开始，似乎是一个典型的行动规模太小，开始时间太晚的事例。The organization claimed that the food aid given was too little, too late.这个机构声称食品援助数量太少，来得太迟。You can have too much of a good thing (= become bored of something even if it is good).好的东西你也仍会对它感到厌倦的。I don't like gardening -- it's too much like hard work (= although it is done for enjoyment it needs a lot of effort).我不喜欢园艺工作----它太像干苦力活了。 Do not confuse with VERY. &不要和VERY混淆。
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