to / 强tuː; 弱tʊ, tə/

prep.

➊ used with verbs to make the infinitive

➋ in the direction of (sth)

➌ used to say sb/sth receives sth

➍ used to say the end or limit of sth

➎ used to mean “before” when telling the time

prep.

➊ [动词不定式符号，无词义]：She likes to swim. 她喜欢游泳。

◇Tom asked me to lend him my pen. 汤姆叫我把钢笔借给他。

➋ 到；向，对：He ran to the door. 他跑到门那儿。

◇Did you go to the zoo this morning? 今天上午你去了动物园吗？

◇talk to him 与他谈谈

➌ 给：I gave the watch to Jane. 我把这块手表给了简。

➍ 到，至：[from sth¹ to sth²] The library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 图书开放时间为上午8点到下午5点。

➎ 在…之前，离，差：It's ten to three. 现在3点差10分。

音组-o/-uː/

do; to; who

同音 to; too; two

用法afford, expect, mean 后常加to，表达前面提到的to do sth，如：We saw Maggie in Scotland, although we didn't expect to. 我们在苏格兰看到了麦琪，但我们并未预料到会见到她。

辨析by+数量；to+数量

辨析to; toward