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- too [tuː]
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1.
adv
as well; in addition; also
- can I come too?
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2.
adv
in or to an excessive degree; more than a fitting or desirable amount
- I have too many things to do
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3.
adv
extremely
- you're too kind
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4.
adv
[US and Canadian]
[informal]
indeed: used to reinforce a command
- you will too do it!
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5.
adv
[Etymology]
Old English t
o ; related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon to, Old High German zou; seeto 1
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1.
adv
as well; in addition; also
Examples
- We need to find a means between exam questions which are too difficult and those which are too easy.
- 我们需要设法寻求那些介乎太难和过易之间的考题。 → mean
- all too well/recently, only too well/recently
- 好/近得不能再好/近 → too
- I'm going too, ain't I?
- 我也要去，不是吗? → ain't
- far too casual in his methods
- 他的方法简直太草率 → casual
- to go too far in one's protests
- 某人的抗议太过火，某人所提抗议走得太远 → go
- too ill to see anyone
- 病重得不能会见人 → see
- He smiled, so I did too.
- 他笑了，所以我也笑了。 → so
- The hat is too big.
- 帽子太大。 → too
- That's too bad.
- 那太糟糕了。 → too
- It was just too delicious!
- 太好吃了。 → too
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