too S1 W1 / tu / 副词

1 [ + 形容词 / 副词 ] more than is acceptable or possible :

Do you think the music’s too loud?

You’ve put too much salt in the soup.

There are too many cars on the road.

much/far too

Amanda is far too young to get married.

too … for something/somebody

I was getting too old for romantic relationships.

My boots were three sizes too big for me.

too … to do something

He was too ill to travel.

too … for somebody to do something

The box was too heavy for me to lift.

Grammar

Do not use too after ‘a’ before an 形容词 and 名词 . Put too and the 形容词 before ‘a’ :

It is too high a price to pay.

Do not use too much before an 形容词 . Just use too :

The houses would be too expensive (NOT too much expensive) for local people.

2 also :

There were people from all over Europe, and America too.

Can I come too?

‘I’m feeling hungry.’ ‘Me too.’

It’s a more efficient system and it’s cheaper too.

Grammar

Too is usually used at the end of a clause :

He was a teacher too.

In formal writing, too can be put after the subject, or after an 副词 or 介词 al 短语 at the beginning of a clause :

We too must play our part.

Here, too, matters are not so simple.

3 [ + 形容词 / 副词 ] spoken used with a negative to mean ‘not very’ :

She doesn’t seem too upset about it.

‘What was the weather like?’ ‘Oh, not too bad.’

She was none too pleased (= not at all pleased ) when I told her.

4 all too/only too used to emphasize that a particular situation exists when you wish it did not exist :

Beggars are becoming an all too familiar sight in our cities.

I regret to say that these rumours are only too true.

5 used to emphasize a remark that you are adding :

‘He’s been banned from driving.’ ‘A good thing too!’

‘A woman farmer?’ asked Gabriel. ‘Yes, and a rich one too.’

6 I am/he is/you are etc too! especially American English informal used to emphasize that you disagree with what someone has said about someone or something :

‘You’re not smart enough to use a computer.’ ‘I am too!’

7 be too much for somebody used to say that something is so difficult, tiring, upsetting etc that someone cannot do it or bear it :

Working full-time was too much for her.

The shock was too much for him.

8 [ + 形容词 / 副词 ] spoken formal very :

Thank you. You are too kind.

9 be only too glad/pleased to do something to be very willing to do something :

I’d be only too pleased to assist you.

10 too little, too late used to complain that not enough is being done to solve a problem and that the action did not start early enough :

Doctors have criticized the government’s response to the crisis as too little, too late.