from…to…类介词结构用法归纳

from house to house 挨家挨户，逐座房子

The soldiers fought from house to house. 士兵们逐屋争夺进行着巷战。

She went from house to house collecting signatures for her campaign. 她挨家挨户为自己投身的运动征集签名。

from morning to night 从早到晚

He works from morning to night. 他从早到晚工作。

She works hard from morning to night. 她从早到晚辛勤工作。

from mouth to mouth 口口相传，人传人地

The news spread rapidly from mouth to mouth. 消息很快就传开了。

The news spread rapidly from mouth to mouth. 这条消息很快就传开了。

from pillar to post 到处奔走；(尤指)到处碰壁（通常与driven, pushed连用）

The poor kid has been pushed from pillar to post. 这个可怜的孩子走投无路。

She was driven from pillar to post and each person she spoke to was more unhelpful than the last. 她被迫四处奔走求救于人，但愿意帮她的人一个不如一个。

from place to place 处处；挨处；到各地

The people here paddled from place to place in canoes. 这里的人用独木舟从一个地方划到另一个地方。

The core business of airlines is flying people and cargo from place to place. 航空公司的核心业务是运送乘客和货物到各地。

from side to side 左右地

The cow’s tail flicked from side to side. 牛尾巴轻轻地左右摇摆。

Look from side to side before you cross the road. 过马路前要往两边看看。

from start to finish 从头到尾，自始至终

She was in the lead from start to finish. 从头到尾都是她领先。

She read the letter from start to finish without looking up. 她头也不抬地把信从头到尾看完。

go from strength to strength 日益变强，越来越好

For several years the business went from strength to strength. 几年来该企业日益壮大。

The firm’s gone from strength to strength since the new factory was built. 自从新工厂建成后，这家公司蒸蒸日上。

from time to time 不时地

He likes to have a good gripe from time to time. 他时常爱发上一通牢骚。

The house has been added to from time to time. 这所房子不时进行扩建。

from top to toe 从头到脚，全身

A woman came into the room dressed in red from top to toe. 一名女子走进屋子，从头到脚一身红色。

She surveyed Sophie from top to toe in a disarmingly frank way. 她以让人放心的坦率目光把索菲从头到脚打量了一番。

from top to bottom 从上到下，完全地，全部地，整个地，彻底地

We searched the house from top to bottom. 我们把那所房子彻底搜寻了一遍。

The whole house needs cleaning from top to bottom. 整座房子需要彻底打扫。

from year to year 每年，年年

Insect populations fluctuate wildly from year to year. 昆虫的数量每年变化很大。