| 词组 | too |
| 释义 | too 1. Too is like very—an adverb used only to modify adjectives ("too large") and other adverbs ("too far"). When a verb is being modified, an additional adverb, such as much, is required ("You talk too much"). The use of too in modifying the past participles of verbs ("We were too interested to leave") is analogous to the use of very with past participles, and though relatively few commentators have taken note of it, it raises similar questions. For a discussion of the aspects of such usage, and of the opinions concerning it, see very 1. 2. Too, meaning "also," sometimes occurs at the beginning of a sentence: • Too, the Dutch emerged from the oil crisis with their heads high —Gordon F. Sander, N.Y. Times Mag., 22 Aug. 1976 • Too, it probably calls for the same kind of gas as today's small cars —Charles E. Dole, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 1980 • Too, the agencies have increasingly pushed banks into the market —Susan Lee, Wall Street Jour., 11 July 1983 • Too, there's a certain magic surrounding Gable — Douglas S. Looney, Sports Illustrated, 18 July 1984 Moreover, besides, in addition, and also are more common in such contexts, but too is not incorrect. The OED indicated in 1913 that too was "rarely, now never, used at the beginning of a clause," but the OED Supplement shows that such usage has been revived in the 20th century, originally in American English but now in British English as well. No grammatical objection can be made to it, and the practice is clearly standard. Whatever problems it causes have to do with idiom—which is to say that, because of its relative rarity, it sounds peculiar to some people. Several usage handbooks therefore discourage the use of too at the beginning of a sentence. We suggest that the best guide in matters such as this is your own sense of idiom. 3. For too meaning "very," see not too |
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