up to用法小结
“ up to ”的用法较多,同学们在使用这一短语时容易出错。现将“ up to ”的用法归纳如下,供大家参考。
1. “ up to ”意为“多达”。例如:
I can take up to four people in my car. (我的车能载 4 个人。)
2. “ up to ”意为“不多于,不迟于”。例如:
Read up to page 109. (读到第 100 页。)
3. “ up to ”意为“可与某事物相比,比得上”。例如:
As a doctor, he is not up to Mr Smith.
(作为一名医生,他不能与史密斯先生相比。)
4. “ up to ”意为“有某种能力的,能胜任的”。例如:
He's not up to the part of Othello.
(他演不了奥赛罗这个角色。)
5. “ up to ”意为“从事于,忙于”。例如:
What's he up to? (他要干什么?)
6. “ up to ”意为“由……决定,由……负责”。例如:
It's up to you whether we accept the present or not.
(要不要这份礼物由你决定。)
7. “ up to ”意为“(时间)直到”。例如:
Up to now he's been quiet. (他直到现在还保持沉默。)
8. “ up to ”后面接表示时间、日期的名词时,意为“跟得上形势,时髦”。例如:
Most of her clothes are up to date. (她的大多数衣服都很时髦。)
9. “ up to ”后面接表示刻度、标准的词语时,意为“达到某种要求或水平”。例如:
Is their spoken English up to the company's standard?
(他们的英语口语达到公司的水平了吗?)