在一般情况下,too...
to...结构意为“太……以致不能……”,too后接形容词或副词,to是
动词不定式符号,后接动词原形,动词不定式表示否定意义。但是,too...
to...结构在以下情况中,动词不定式表示肯定意义。
一、too...
to
...的意义
too...to...句型形式是肯定的,但表达否定意义,表示"太……而不能……"。too的后面接形容词或副词的原级,to的后面接动词原形,构成动词不定式。too...to...句型是
简单句。例如:
he
is
too
young
to
join
the
army.他年龄太小,不能参军。
二、动词不定式的逻辑主语
动词不定式所发出的动作,其执行者与整个句子的主语不同指一个人或物时,需要在动词不定式前加上一个逻辑主语(for
sb.)。例如:
the
maths
problem
is
too
difficult
for
me
to
work
out.这道数学题太难我不能解出它。
三、too...to...结构表示肯定意义的情况
1.
too前面含有表示否定意义的词,例如:
not,
never,
nothing等时,too...
to...结构不表示否定意义。例如:
one
is
never
too
old
to
learn.活到老,学到老。
2.如果在too...to...结构的前面出现了only,不仅免去了其否定意义,反而加强了它的肯定语气,only
too相当于very或very
much。例如:
i
shall
be
only
too
pleased
to
get
home.我将极高兴地回家。
3.
too后为表示情感的形容词,例如:glad,
pleased,
happy,
sad等时,表示的是肯定意义。例如:
he
is
too
sad
to
hear
the
bad
news.听到不幸的消息他太悲伤了。
四、too...to...结构与...
enough
to...结构及so...that...结构的相互转换
1.将too...to...结构转换为...enough
to...结构时要注意:①enough前的形容词或副词须是too前面形容词或副词的
反义词;②...enough
to
...句式须用否定式;③too...to...结构有逻辑主语时,...enough
to...结构也要加上逻辑主语。例如:
she
is
too
young
to
do
the
work.→she
isn't
old
enough
to
do
the
work.
2.将too...to...结构转换为so...that...结构时要注意:①so...that...结构是
复合句,so的后面接形容词或副词,that的后面接
从句;②that后面的从句要用否定形式。例如:
she
is
too
young
to
do
the
work.→she
is
so
young
that
she
can't
do
the
work.