“to +one’s+名詞”類介詞習(xí)語用法歸納

to one’s advantage 對(duì)……有利

The present world situation is to our advantage. 目前世界形勢對(duì)我們有利。

You will find it to your advantage to go to the country for a change. 你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)到鄉(xiāng)間去換換空氣對(duì)你是有好處的。

to one’s amazement 令某人好笑的是

To my great amusement his false beard fell off. 使我感到極其好笑的是，他的假胡子掉了下來。

to one’s annoyance 令某人煩惱的是

He broke it, greatly to my annoyance. 他打破了那東西，這使我非常氣惱。

To his annoyance, he discovered they hadn’t waited. 他發(fā)現(xiàn)他們沒有等他而感到十分煩惱。

To her great disappointment and annoyance, she failed in the English examination again. 使她極為失望和苦惱的是，她的英語考試又沒有及格。

to one’s astonishment 令某人吃驚的是

To my astonishment it had completely disappeared. 使我驚訝的是它消失得無影無蹤。

To his no small astonishment the woman began to laugh. 使他吃驚不小的是這個(gè)女人竟開始笑了起來。

to one’s delight令某人高興的是

To our great delight the day turned out fine. 使我們感到十分高興的是，天氣轉(zhuǎn)晴了。

To his delight his novel was accepted for publication. 使他大為高興的是，他的小說被接受出版了。

to one’s disappointment 令某人失望的是

To his great disappointment, she wasn’t on the train. 令他大大失望的是她不在那列火車上。

To my great disappointment I failed to get the job. 我得不到那份工作，大為失望。

to one’s embarrassment 令某人困窘的是

To her embarrassment, she couldn’t remember his name. 令她感到困窘的是，她記不起他的名字了。

to one’s entertainment 使某人覺得好玩的是

He fell in the water, much to the entertainment of the children. 他掉進(jìn)水里，逗得孩子們樂不可支。

to one’s face 當(dāng)著某人的面

I am so angry that I’ll tell him to his face what I think of him. 我氣得要當(dāng)面把我對(duì)他的想法告訴他。

to one’s heart’s content 盡情地

He is retired now and plays golf to his heart’s content. 他現(xiàn)在退休了，可以盡情地打高爾夫球了。

On Halloween the children ate candy to their hearts’ content. 萬圣節(jié)前夕孩子們吃糖果吃了個(gè)夠。

to one’s horror 使某人恐懼的是

To her horror she saw him fall. 她看見他跌下而驚恐萬分。

I discovered to my horror that my passport was missing. 使我驚恐的是，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我的護(hù)照不見了。

to one’s indignation 令某人憤慨的是

To my deep indignation, he pretended not to know about it. 使我十分憤慨的是，他假裝不了解此事。

to one’s joy 使某人高興的是

To our joy, we succeeded at last. 使我們高興的是我們最后成功了。

To her surprise and joy, she was awarded first prize. 使她又驚又喜的是，她獲得了一等獎(jiǎng)。

to one’s knowledge 就某人所知；確知屬實(shí)

To my knowledge, she has never been late before. 據(jù)我所知，她從未遲到過。

That is impossible, because to my knowledge he was in France at the time. 那不可能，因?yàn)槲抑�道那時(shí)他在法國。

【注】有時(shí)也說to the best of one’s knowledge。如：

To the best of my knowledge she is still living there. 就我所知，她還在那里住。

He has never been late to the best of my knowledge. 據(jù)我所知他從未遲到過。

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