for和to的区别

重点----For和To的用法

for有很多种用法：

1. 表示“当作、作为”。

Eg: I like some bread and milk for breakfast. 我喜欢把面包和牛奶作为早餐。

What will we have for supper? 我们晚餐吃什么?

2. 表示理由或原因,意为“因为、由于”。

Eg: Thank you for helping me with my English. 谢谢你帮我学习英语。

Thank you for your last letter. 谢谢你上次的来信。

Thank you for teaching us so well. 感谢你如此尽心地教我们。

3. 表示动作的对象或接受者,意为“给……”、“对…… (而言)”。

Eg: Let me pick it up for you. 让我为你捡起来。

Watching TV too much is bad for your health. 看电视太多有害于你的健康。

4. 表示时间、距离,意为“计、达”。

Eg: I usually do the running for an hour in the morning. 我早晨通常跑步一小时。

We will stay there for two days. 我们将在那里逗留两天。

5. 表示去向、目的,意为“向、往、取、买”等。

Eg: Let’s go for a walk. 我们出去散步吧。

I came here for my schoolbag.我来这儿取书包。

I paid twenty yuan for the dictionary. 我花了20元买这本词典。

6. 表示所属关系或用途,意为“为、适于……的”。

Eg: It’s time for school. 到上学的时间了。

Here is a letter for you. 这儿有你的一封信。

7. 表示“支持、赞成”。

Eg: Are you for this plan or against it? 你是支持还是反对这个计划?

8. 用于一些固定搭配中。如:

Eg: Who are you waiting for? 你在等谁?

For example, Mr Green is a kind teacher. 比如,格林先生是一位心地善良的老师。

to的用法:

一：表示相对，针对

be strange (common, new, familiar, peculiar, distinct, sensitive, immune, vulnerable, indispensable) to

Eg: Air is indispensable to life.

Aircrafts are vulnerable to interference caused by radiation.

This injection will make you immune to infection.

二：表示对比，比较

1：以-ior结尾的形容词，后接介词to表示比较，如：

superior ,inferior,prior,senior,,junior

Eg: The quarrel happened prior to my arrival.

2: 一些本身就含有比较或比拟意思的形容词，如:equal，similar，equivalent，analogous

Eg: A is similar to B in many ways.

3：表示一些先后顺序的形容词，如：

second,subsequent,next,preliminary,preparatory

Eg: Subsequent to the war,they returned to their hometown.

4: to也偶尔出现在个别动词之后,与动词形成固定词组,表示比较,如:prefer

to,compare to,in contrast to

1)compare to sth.表示比喻或比拟,而compare with sth.表示比较

Eg: World is usually compared to a stage.

Compared with his past,he has changed a lot.

2)Prefer的正确句型是:prefer A to B或prefer doing A to doing B,但当prefer后接动词不定式时,表示比较的介词to就要改成rather than

Eg: 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与及个别的名词构成比较之意,如:alternative

Eg: Going to an under water concert is a great alternative to going to dinner. 三: 表示修饰关系

1: 表示回复,反应意思的词,如:answer to question, solution to

problem,response to inquiry,reaction to proposal,reply to letter

2: 表示建筑构件的词汇,如:

entry,entrance,approach,access,passage,exit,vent,path

Eg: the approach to a bridge引桥the approach to science

Half of the population was estimated to have no access to the health service.

The access to education 接受教育的机会The access to medical care 享受公费医疗的权利

3: 表示人物职位和官衔的词,如:assistant to manager, ambassador to Spain, successor to tradition, heir to throne,deputy to the National People’s Congress ,advisor to the Prime Minister

4: 表示权利和许可的词汇,如:right,admission

Eg: The employee finally got the admission to the boardroom.

Everyone has an equal right to ……..

5: 表示栅栏或障碍的词汇,如:bars to development,the barrier to progress

6: 表示与书籍,文本相关的词,如:introduction to passage.

7: 表示恭喜或是祝贺,如:

Eg: The director proposed a toast to the health of the guests.

Let’s drink to Dick’s success in business

8: 另外还有一些名词符合这种用法,有的具有两者息息相关,缺一不可的含义.如:key to door,invitation to

party, guide to action,limitation to life,accessory to school

四: to还具有依据,伴随,和着节奏的含义,如:sing to piano, chance to the tune, stamp to the rhythm of the song, add salt to taste

（一）：表示相关联，相连接，如：be related to,be relative to,in relation to,be relevant to,link to