only to find是什么意思,only to find的意思翻译、用法、同义词、例句
常用词典
结果却发现(表达出人意料或不愉快的意思)
例句
She turned up the driveway, only to find her way blocked.
她开上自家车道,不料发现路已被堵。
The manager got to the company in a hurry, only to find that he had left his laptop back at home.
经理匆忙赶到公司,结果却发现他把笔记本电脑忘在家里了。
I reached the station only to find that my train had already left.
我到了车站,却发现我要搭乘的火车已经开走了。
He hurried there, only to find the train had left.
他匆匆赶到那里,却发现火车已经开走了。
I hurried to go to school only to find that it was Saturday.
我匆匆忙忙去上学,却发现那天是星期六。
网络扩展资料
单词:only to find 意为“仅仅找到”。
例句
- I searched for hours, only to find that my keys had been in my pocket the whole time. (我搜寻了几个小时,才发现我的钥匙一直在我的口袋里。)
- He traveled to Japan, only to find that he couldn't eat any of the food due to his allergies. (他去了日本,结果发现由于他的过敏反应,他无法品尝当地的美食。)
用法
该短语通常用于表达一个人经历了很多努力、时间、金钱等,最终得到的结果并不理想,甚至是出乎意料的。常用于叙述个人经历或故事中。
解释
“only to”是一个短语,意为“结果是……”,常用于说明某种行为或情况的结果。加上“find”,则表示“仅仅找到”,强调找到某个结果所需要的努力或时间。
近义词
- just to discover (为了发现)
- finally realized (最终发现)
反义词
- easily found (轻易找到)
- without any effort (毫不费力)