only to的意思|示意

美 / ˈəunli tu: / 英 / ˈonli tu /

却;不料竟会……


only to的用法详解

英语单词“only to”的用法讲解

在英语语法中,我们常常使用“only to”这一短语来表示在某种情况下,某个行动或结果是被预期或期望的,但最终出现了一个不好的结果或后果。下面是些例子,帮助你更好的理解并使用“only to”这一短语。

1. 例如,我们可以使用“only to”来描述一个人做某件事情,但结果不是他们想要的。比如:

- He worked hard, only to fail the exam.(他努力学习,但考试失败了)

- I cooked dinner for her, only to find out she had already eaten.(我为她做了晚餐,却发现她已经吃过了)

2. 另一方面,“only to”也可以用来描述一种先前的状态,但它却不是最终的结果。比如:

- They decorated the whole room for the party, only to have it canceled at the last minute.(他们为聚会装饰了整个房间,但它在最后一分钟被取消了)

- She went to bed early, only to wake up in the middle of the night.(她早早就睡了,但却在夜晚醒来了)

总之,“only to”是一个非常有用的短语,可以帮助我们表达某些结果不是我们所期望的情况。这种表达方式给文章增加了一定的复杂性和深度,也使得读者更容易理解文章的意思。

only to相关短语

1、 be next only to 仅次于

2、 only to find 结果却发现,却发现,结果却发现······,却只发现

3、 Seek only to 但求无过

4、 apartments leased only to natives 内销公寓

5、 second only to 仅次于

6、 only to you as 只对你作为,只有你为,只有你

7、 Only to kiss that air 吻那空气已足矣

8、 Perhaps only to me 也许只有我,只许是我的,也许对我只

9、 only to do 和本来愿望相反,本愿望相反,火车却走了

only to相关例句

The emerging caution over numbers is perhaps only to be expected.

对数字显露出来的谨慎可能完全是正常的。

柯林斯例句

What I am saying applies only to some of you.

我所说的只涉及你们中的一些人。

《牛津词典》

The young man is dead. We have only to consider the living.

这位年轻人已经死了。我们只能考虑在生之人。

柯林斯例句

The regulations refer only to children.

这些规定只适用于小孩子.

《简明英汉词典》

She appeared to have changed considerably, which was only to be expected.

她看起来变化很大,不过这完全是在意料之中的。

柯林斯例句

This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.

只有计算机运算专家才能看懂这份报告.

《简明英汉词典》

As a major health risk hepatitis is second only to tobacco.

肝炎是仅次于吸烟的主要健康隐患。

柯林斯例句

He had tasted freedom only to lose it again.

他刚尝到了自由的甜头,却又失去了。

《牛津词典》