欧美人文风情第362篇:"enough"与"too"的区别

 You're not getting enough sleep. 你睡得不够多。

Yes. I think I'm working too hard. 对。我觉得我工作太认真了。

I think you go to bed too late. 我觉得你睡得太晚了。

These are two very common and very useful words. Let's start with "enough." 这是两个很常见也很有用的单词。我们先从“enough（足够）”开始。

Oh, good. You got some bottled water. 喔，太好了。你拿了一些瓶装水。

Is it enough? Yes. Plenty. Good. 这样够吗？够。很多。太好了。

We use "enough" to say we have as much or as many as we need or want, so, a sufficient¹ quantity. 我们运用“enough（足够）”来表示我们拥有的量和我们需要或想要的量一样多，也就是说，足够的量。

Oh, I'm almost out of gas. 喔，我的汽油快没了。

Oh, do you have enough to get to a petrol station? 喔，你有足够的汽油开去加油站吗？

A petrol station? A gas station. 汽油站？加油站。

If we don't have enough, we don't have the amount we need. 如果不够，就代表我们没有自己需要的量。

Do you want to come for lunch? 你想来一起午餐吗？

I can't. I don't have enough time. 我不能。我没有足够的时间。

Oh, too busy, eh? Yeah. 喔，太忙了，是吗？对呀。

So, "enough" means having the necessary amount of something. Now, what about "too"? 那么，“enough（足够）”代表拥有的某个东西有足够的量。这样的话，“too（太）”呢？

Spaghetti. Oh, that's too much. 意大利面。喔，那太多了。

Let's have some chocolates. 我们来吃点巧克力。

Whoo, yes. But not too many. 唔，太好了。但不要太多。

You can never have too many chocolates. 巧克力永远不嫌多。

We use "too" to say more than sufficient, more than necessary, or more than is good. 我们用“too（太）”来表达比足够的更多、比需要的更多或比适当的更多。

This bag is too big for carry-on. Well, yes. 这个包包太大了，不能当随身行李。对呀。

You're not getting enough sleep. 你睡不够多。

Yes. I think I'm working too hard. 对。我觉得我工作太认真了。

I think you go to bed too late. 我觉得你太晚睡了。

Notice the word position. We use "too" before adjectives² and adverbs, but we use "enough" after them. 注意单词的位置。我们在形容词和副词前面使用“too（太）”，但在形容词和副词后面用“enough（足够）”。

So "too" comes before; "enough" comes after. 所以“too（太）”在前面出现；“enough（足够）”在后面出现。

This lid is too tight. I'm not strong enough. 这个盖子太紧了。我不够有力气。

This knife is too blunt³. It's not sharp enough. 这把刀子太钝了。它不够锐利。

This lid is too tight. I'm not strong enough. 这个盖子太紧了。我不够有力气。

This knife is too blunt. It's not sharp enough. Try this. 这把刀子太钝了。它不够锐利。试试这支。

So, that's how to use "too" and "enough." I hope this lesson wasn't too difficult. Was it easy enough? 这就是运用“too（太）”和“enough（足够）”的方式。希望这课不会太难。够简单吗？

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1 sufficient   

adj.enough充足的，充分的

参考例句：

• His income is sufficient for his needs.他的收入能满足他的需要。
• Have you had sufficient?你吃饱了没有？

2 adjectives   

n.形容词( adjective的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We can form nouns from adjectives. 我们可以用形容词来构成名词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Attributive adjectives precede the noun. 定语形容词位于名词前。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 blunt   

adj.（刀子）钝的，不锋利的，迟钝的，直率的

参考例句：

• The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.斧头太钝，砍不倒树。
• She is rather blunt in speech.她说话很直率。

4 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。