The solution works only for couples who are self -employed, don' t have small children and get along well enough to spend most of their time together. The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly to be noticed.
Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, only to find it locked.
(4) not/never too… to, too… not to, but/only too…to, too ready/eager/apt/inclined to 表示肯定意义。
如∶I am only too pleased to hear from you further.能再听到你的消息,我太高兴了。
注意∶
1)有的动词要求特殊疑问词+不定式做宾语,这类动词有
consider, discover, explain, forget, guess, know, learn, observe, remember, see, tell, understand, wonder,如∶While still a young boy, Bizet knew how to play the piano well and as he grew older, he wrote operas, the most famous of which is Carmen.
2)如果该特殊疑问词在不定式中做个词宾语,介词往往置于该特殊疑问词的前面。如∶
The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds on which to base his argument in favor of the new theory. Without facts, we cannot form worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge upon which to base our thinking.