too…to 结构1、too…to 结构一般情况下“too…to ”表示否定意义“太……而不……”
如:His brother is too young to go to school
他弟弟太小还不能上学
The sentence is too difficult for me to translate
这个句子太难我译不了
但在以下情况,“too…to”并不表示否定意义
(1)当 too 之后跟的是表示主语的态度、情感、心情或倾向的词时(常见的这类词有 glad, eager, anxious, happy, ready, nervous, pleased 等)
如:We were too eager to know the result of the exam
我们急于想了解考试结果
She was too ready to speak
她太多嘴多舌
He was too anxious to leave
Sometimes we are too easy to overlook our own faults
有时我们很容易忽略自己的错误
(2)如果把以上结构中的不定式重复一次,则前一个表示肯定意义而后一个表示否定意义
如: Such a man is too ready to blame others to blame himself
这种人最爱责人而不责己
(3)如果在“too
to”结构中含有 not 或 never 等否定词时,则表示肯定
如:One is never too old to learn
活到老,学到老
English isn’t too diffcult to learn
英语并非难得学不会
(或:英语并不难学
)The girl is too careful not to make any mistakes