Believe it or not, that's the number of Americans who struggle with hanger To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
Evaluating Risks To decide whether a risk is worth taking, you must examine the consequences, in the future as well as right now, negative as well as positive, and to others as well as to yourself.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
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PREP
(表示方向、目的地)向，朝，往，到
You use to when indicating the place that someone or something visits, moves towards, or points at.
例句
Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break...
我和兩個朋友在大學(xué)春假期間開車去了佛羅里達。
Ramsay made a second visit to Italy.
拉姆齊第二次訪問意大利。
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PREP
去(參加)
If you go to an event, you go where it is taking place.
例句
We went to a party at the leisure centre...
我們?nèi)バ蓍e活動中心參加了一個聚會。
He came to dinner...
他來赴晚宴了。
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PREP
(表示捆、系、拴等)連接，附著
If something is attached to something larger or fixed to it, the two things are joined together.
例句
There was a piece of cloth tied to the dog's collar...
狗項圈上系著一條布。
Many patients prefer hand-held shower heads rather than those fixed to the wall…
很多病人更喜歡手握式的淋浴噴頭而不是固定在墻上的那種。
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PREP
(表示位置)在，位于
You use to when indicating the position of something. For example, if something is to your left, it is nearer your left side than your right side.
例句
Hemingway's studio is to the right...
海明威的工作室在右面。
You will see the chapel on the hill to your left…
你會看見那座小教堂在你左側(cè)的山上。
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PREP
給，予
When you give something to someone, they receive it.
例句
He picked up the knife and gave it to me...
他撿起刀子遞給我。
Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
公司應(yīng)獲許以較低的工資給長期失業(yè)的人提供崗位。
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PREP
(表示動作或情感的對象)對，于
You use to to indicate who or what an action or a feeling is directed towards.
例句
Marcus has been most unkind to me today...
馬庫斯今天對我非常無禮。
…troops loyal to the government.
忠于政府的軍隊
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PREP
(與某些名詞、形容詞連用，表示關(guān)聯(lián))對于，關(guān)于
You use to with certain nouns and adjectives to show that a following noun is related to them.
例句
He is a witty man, and an inspiration to all of us...
他機智風(fēng)趣，鼓舞激勵著我們所有人。
Marriage is not the answer to everything...
婚姻并不能解決一切問題。
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PREP
對…(說);向…(說)
If you say something to someone, you want that person to listen and understand what you are saying.
例句
I'm going to have to explain to them that I can't pay them.
我將不得不向他們解釋我不能付錢給他們。
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PREP
(表示反應(yīng)或態(tài)度)致使，致
You use to when indicating someone's reaction to something or their feelings about a situation or event. For example, if you say that something happens to someone's surprise you mean that they are surprised when it happens.
例句
To his surprise, the bedroom door was locked…
令他吃驚的是，臥室門鎖上了。
He survived, to the amazement of surgeons.
令外科醫(yī)生驚訝的是，他竟活下來了。
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PREP
據(jù)…認(rèn)為
You use to when indicating the person whose opinion you are stating.
例句
It was clear to me that he respected his boss...
在我看來他顯然很尊重他的上司。
Everyone seemed to her to be amazingly kind.
每個人對她來說都善良得不可思議。
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PREP
(表示變化)傾向于，趨于，至
You use to when indicating what something or someone is becoming, or the state or situation that they are progressing towards.
例句
The shouts changed to screams of terror.
喊叫聲變成了驚恐的尖叫聲。
...an old ranch house that has been converted to a nature centre.
被改建成自然中心的舊農(nóng)場主住宅
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PREP
(表示雇傭關(guān)系)為
To can be used as a way of introducing the person or organization you are employed by, when you perform some service for them.
例句
Rickman worked as a dresser to Nigel Hawthorne...
里克曼曾是奈杰爾·霍索恩的服裝師。
He was an official interpreter to the government of Nepal.
他曾是尼泊爾政府的官方譯員。
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PREP
(表示時間、數(shù)量的界限)達到
You use to to indicate that something happens until the time or amount mentioned is reached.
例句
Every vehicle was banned from coming into Mexico City one day a week from Monday to Friday…
每周一到周五期間都會有一天禁止所有車輛進入墨西哥城。
From 1977 to 1985 the United States gross national product grew 21 percent...
從1977到1985年，美國的國民生產(chǎn)總值增長了 21%。
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PREP
(用于列舉時)(從…)到…
You use to when indicating the last thing in a range of things, usually when you are giving two extreme examples of something.
例句
I read everything from fiction to history.
從小說到歷史，我什么書都讀。
…mechanical toys and gadgets, from typewriters to toy cars.
從打字機到玩具汽車這樣的機械玩具和小巧裝置
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PREP
(表示處所、工作變動)(從…)到…
If someone goes from place to place or from job to job, they go to several places, or work in several jobs, and spend only a short time in each one.
例句
Larry and Andy had drifted from place to place, worked at this and that.
拉里和安迪從一處漂泊到另一處，干點這個又干點那個。
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PHRASE
來回地;往復(fù)地
If someone moves to and fro, they move repeatedly from one place to another and back again, or from side to side.
例句
She stood up and began to pace to and fro...
她站起身，開始來回踱步。
The boat was rocking gently to and fro in the water.
小船在水中輕輕地來回?fù)u蕩。
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PREP
(表示時間)在…之前，(差…)不到…
You use to when you are stating a time which is less than thirty minutes before an hour. For example, if it is 'five to eight', it is five minutes before eight o'clock.
例句
At twenty to six I was waiting by the entrance to the station...
5 點 40 分我正在車站入口處等著。
At exactly five minutes to nine, Ann left her car and entered the building.
安在剛好8點55分時下車進了樓。
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PREP
(表示比率)每
You use to when giving ratios and rates.
例句
...engines that can run at 60 miles to the gallon.
每加侖油跑 60 英里的發(fā)動機
…a mixture of one part milk to two parts water.
由一份牛奶和兩份水兌成的混合物
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PREP
伴隨;隨同
You use to when indicating that two things happen at the same time. For example, if something is done to music, it is done at the same time as music is being played.
例句
Romeo left the stage, to enthusiastic applause...
羅密歐在熱烈的掌聲中離開了舞臺。
Amy woke up to the sound of her doorbell ringing...
隨著門鈴叮當(dāng)作響，埃米醒來了。
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CONVENTION
不費事;很簡單
If you say 'There's nothing to it', 'There's not much to it', or 'That's all there is to it', you are emphasizing how simple you think something is.
例句
Once they have tried growing orchids, they will see there is really nothing to it.
一旦他們試著種植蘭花，就會發(fā)現(xiàn)那并不是什么難事。
She's going through a difficult time. That's all there is to it.
她正經(jīng)歷一個困難時期。就這么簡單。
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ADV
(門)關(guān)著，虛掩著
If you push or shut a door to, you close it but may not shut it completely.
例句
He slipped out, pulling the door to.
他溜了出去，虛掩上門。