“to” 在英语中有很多种用法，在此，我想仅就表程度这一用法作一小结，供大家学习时参考。

1.      to the bone  到最低限度

The bus sevice has been cut to the bone.  公共汽车的收费已经降到了最低点。

2.      to the ceiling  挤满

Every Saturday night the place is filled to the ceiling with country music fans. 每到星期六晚上，这个地方就挤满了乡村音乐的爱好者。

3.      to death  ……得要死，……到死

The murderer was sentenced to death.  那个人犯被判了死刑。

I’m tired to death！我累死了！  

You must be bored to death to be always alone! 总是一个人生活，你一定烦得要命。

I was bored to death before the first day was out. 头一天还没过完我就烦死了。

Your mother has been frightened to death. 妈快吓死了。

The girl was scared to death at the sight of the snake. 女孩儿看到那条蛇吓了个半死儿。

I’ll never forget the day when my father was beaten to death. 我永远也不会忘记父亲被打死的那一天。

Every year about 40 million people starve to death. 每年饿死的人大约有四千万。

Not this time! I don’t know what came over me, but I grabbed the boy by the arm, scaring him half to death. 这种事不应该再发生了！不知是什么力量控制住了我，我一把抓住了那个男孩，把他吓个半死。

4.      to stone  成为石头

I stood turned to stone.  我僵住了。

5.      to the skin  浑身

I’ll be wet to the skin before I get to the Casterbridge. 我走不到卡斯特桥浑身就得湿透。

You’ll be wet to the skin on the Bodmin road! 在伯德敏路上你就会湿透。

I was sprawled in the ditch, soaked to the skin, my head pounding, my car gone and my pockets empty. 我四肢伸开躺在沟里，浑身透湿，头昏眼花，汽车不见了，口袋也空了。

6.      to a hair ( to the turn of a hair )  丝毫不差地

This arrangement suits him to a hair. 这样的安排对他完全合适。

7.      to the minute  ……整，准确

He wakes up every morning at 7 o’clock to the minute. 他每天早上准七点醒来。

You may still be able to get them on the telephone; they said they were leaving home at three, but they’re usually not to the minute. 你仍然可以给他们打电话。他们说三点钟要出去，可是通常都不准时。

8.      to the end 到底

She was brave to the end. 她真勇敢。

Each one of us must fight to the end. 我们每一个人都要战斗到底。

“We, indeed!” cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of its tail. “咱俩，确实！”耗子叫道，颤抖得尾巴梢儿都在晃。

9.      to the bitter end  直到最后

Although Mrs. Smith was bored by the lecture, she stayed to the bitter end. 尽管史密斯太太讨厌这个演讲，但她还是坚持到了结束。

10.  to the last drp of one’s blood  到最后一滴血

They are ready to fight to the last drp of their blood. 他们准备与敌人血战到底。

They will defend the country to the last dop of their blood. 他们誓死保卫自己的国家，直到流尽最后一滴血。

11.  to tears  流下泪来

The sight moved her to tears. 眼前的情景让她感动得流下泪来。

12.  to the heart  触及灵魂

It touched me to the heart. 这件事让我深受感动。

I’m touched to the very heart. 我真是感动之极。

13.  to the skies  极度地、大肆地

If they even rushed into his room shouting his name to the skies, the sleeping Watson would not move. 即使他们叫着他的名字冲进房间，正睡着的沃森连动一下也不会的。

Janet’s former employer praised her to the skies. 珍妮特的前任雇主简直把她捧上了天。

All the girls praised the new dances to the skies. 女孩子们没有一个不说新舞好的。

14.  to the ground  成为平地

She had heard that several homes in her village had been burnt to the ground. 她听说村子里有几家已被夷为平地。

15.  to sleep  直到睡着

I throw myself face down on the bed and cry myself to sleep. 我扑倒在床上，一直哭到睡着。

16.  to the marrow  极其强烈地

The reality of the Great Depression chilled the nation to the marrow. 经济大萧条的现实极其猛烈地击了这个国家。

17.  to the full  充分地

To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities to the full. 为了让您的逗留尽可能满意，希望您充分地使用各项设施。

You should develop your talent to the full. 你应该让你的才能得到充分发展。

There was so much food that the children ate to the full. 吃的东西很多，孩子们放开肚子饱餐了一顿。

18.  to pieces  成为碎片；崩溃

You’ll fall to pieces if you don’t stop working so hard. 你要再这样拼命地干，身体会垮的。

Stauffenberg was confident that it would blast Adolf Hitler to pieces. 斯德芬伯格相信，炸弹会把阿道夫·希特勒炸得粉身碎骨。

19.  to the ordinary level  到一般水平

We have seen that the hibernating animal reduces movement to far below the ordinary level. 我们已经看到，冬眠动物的活动量已减少到远远低于一般的水平。

20.  to the best of one’s ability  尽最大努力

I will carry out your instructions to the best of my ability. 我将尽最大努力执行你的指示。

21.  to capacity  到最大容量

The Beijing Traffic Management Bureau receives between 400 and 500 calls reporting traffic jams every day and more than 90 per cent of the roads are filled to capacity during rush hour every morning and evening. 北京交通管理局每天接到四、五百个电话，报告交通阻塞情况，每天上午和傍晚的上下班高峰期，百分之九十多的路段都达到了最大容量。

The gym was crowded to capacity, and the volume of noise made us unable to hear. 体育馆人满为患，喧哗声让我们什么都听不见。

22．To the fullest 到最大限度

Living with cancer has made me realize how precious life is and how important it is for us to take every chance to live life to the fullest.患了癌症让我认识到生命是何等珍贵，抓住一切机会充实生活又是何等重要。

23．to the age of  到……年纪

  While William Wordsworth, who spent much of his time in the English Lake District, lived to the age of 80 and died in 1850 . 而威廉·华兹华斯在英格兰湖区度过了很长时间，享年80岁，殁于1850年。

24．to the distance of  到……远

  From the top of it, you could see up to a distance of 130 kilometers on a clear day.  在晴朗的日子里，从楼的顶层你可以看到130公里远的地方。

25. to 后跟数字

 By 1820 the population ofNew Yorkhad grown to about 125,000, making it the largest city in theUSA. 到1820年，纽约市的人口增长到12.5万人左右，成了当时美国最大的城市。

26. to distraction  到心烦意乱的地步

 The children are driving me to distraction today. 今天孩子们闹得我心烦意乱。

27.to the good　净赚

 I sold it for more than I paid for it, so I’m ￡5 to the good.我以高于买进价卖出，因而净赚了五英镑。

28.to the letter　严格，不折不扣地

 We must follow the instructions to the letter.　　我们必须严格按照指示办事。

29.to the life　逼真地，惟妙惟肖地

 The young man can mimic the famous singer to the life. 这位年轻人能够惟妙惟肖地模仿那位著名歌手。

30.to the point　中肯，切题

 The student’s answer was clear and to the point.  学生的回答既清楚又切题。

 His advice was very much to the point.  他的劝告非常中肯。

31.to date　迄今，直到现在

 The police have not caught the criminal to date. 警方迄今还没有抓住那名罪犯。

32.suit --- to a T　再合适不过了

This color suits you to a T.　 这个颜色对你再合适不过了。

33.to 后跟名词

 No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country, nowhere is this more than inEurope.  对电脑技术的贡献不再局限于某个国家，欧洲尤其如此。

 They want to enjoy an escape to a sipler, more relaxed time, with like-minded people. 他们想和志趣相投的人一起享受一下更加简单、松弛的时光。

34. to the max 到最大程度

 She’s got girl power to the max and we love it! 她把女生的魅力发挥到了极致，我们就爱这一点！