to one’s n. 短语完全归纳

◆to one’s joy 使某人高兴的是

To our joy, we succeeded at last. 使我们高兴的是我们最后成功了。

To her surprise and joy, she was awarded first prize. 使她又惊又喜的是，她获得了一等奖。

◆to one’s knowledge 就某人所知；确知属实

To my knowledge, she has never been late before. 据我所知，她从未迟到过。

That is impossible, because to my knowledge he was in France at the time. 那不可能，因为我知道那时他在法国。

【注】有时也说to the best of one’s knowledge。如：

To the best of my knowledge she is still living there. 就我所知，她还在那里住。

He has never been late to the best of my knowledge. 据我所知他从未迟到过。

◆to one’s liking 合……的胃口，合……的意

He found country life much to his liking. 他感到乡村生活很合他的意。

Is your haircut to your liking? 你的发式称你的心吗？

◆to one’s mind 依某人之见，合某人的心意

To my mind he’s extremely offensive. 照我看来，他是极为无礼的。

To my mind the arrangement is ideal. 依我看这个安排很理想。

◆to one’s regret 使某人感到遗憾的是

Much to my regret, I must leave you now. 非常遗憾，我得向你告别了。

Greatly to my regret, I cannot attend the party. 很可惜的是，我无法参加聚会。

◆to one’s relief 使人放心的是

To my great relief, I wasn’t late. 我最庆幸的是没有迟到。

Much to my relief, he is safe now. 使我感到十分欣慰的是，他现已平安无事了。

◆to one’s satisfaction 使某人满意的是

To my satisfaction, my son passed the exam. 使我感到满足的是，我儿子通过了考试。

The work was done to his own satisfaction, but in my opinion it was badly done. 这工作他做得很满意，但在我看来，却是做得很糟。

◆to one’s shame 使某人惭愧的是

To my shame I never thanked him for him kindness. 我感到惭愧的是对他的好意我从未表示过感谢。

To our shame we offered no alternative to them. 惭愧的是我们没有给他们任何选择的余地。

◆to one’s sorrow 使某人难过的是

I learned to my sorrow that he was killed in the accident. 我获悉他在事故中丧生而深感悲痛。

◆to one’s surprise 使某人吃惊的是(www.)

To my surprise, she didn’t like the idea. 使我吃惊的是，她不赞成这个主意。

To my surprise, he failed to turn up. 使我惊奇的是他没有露面。

◆to one’s taste 合某人的口味，称某人的心

The soup is quite to my taste. 这汤很合我的口味。

This kind of writing is not to everyone’s taste. 这类文章不是人人都爱看的。