一:表示相對,針對
be strange (common, new, familiar, peculiar, distinct, sensitive, immune, vulnerable, indispensable)to
Air is indispensable to life.
Aircrafts are vulnerable to interference caused by radiation.
This injection will make you immune to infection.
二:表示對比,比較
1:以-ior結尾的形容詞,后接介詞to表示比較,如:superior ,inferior,prior,senior,junior
The quarrel happened prior to my arrival.
2: 一些本身就含有比較或比擬意思的形容詞,如equal,similar,equivalent,analogous
A is similar to B in many ways.
3:表示一些先后順序的形容詞,如:second,subsequent,next,preliminary,preparatory
Subsequent to the war,they returned to their hometown.
4: to也偶爾出現在個別動詞之后,與動詞形成固定詞組,表示比較,如:prefer to,compare to,in contrast to
compare to sth.表示比喻或比擬,而compare with sth.表示比較,如:
World is usually compared to a stage
Compared with his past,he has changed a lot.
Prefer的正確句型是:prefer A to B或prefer doing A to doing B,但當prefer后接動詞不定式時,表示比較的介
詞to就要改成rather than ,如:
The undaunted soldier preferred death to surrender.
Many people prefer spending money to earning money.
They prefer to pursue careers rather than remain home as house wives.
5: to與及個別的名詞構成比較之意,如:alternative
Going to an under water concert is a great alternative to going to dinner.