“到……的程度;以至于……”(用于引出结果,强调前面的情况发展到某种程度,从而导致后面的结果)。也常用来加强语气,表示程度很深。
/tə ðə pɔɪnt ðæt/
I was tired to the point that I fell asleep on the bus.
我累到在公交车上睡着了。
The debate became so heated to the point that the chair had to pause the meeting and restore order.
争论激烈到主持人不得不暂停会议并恢复秩序的程度。
point 原义有“点、要点、时刻、程度”等含义;在 “to the point” 这类结构里,point 引申为“界限/程度的节点”。“to the point that” 进一步接 that 从句,用来说明“达到某个程度,以致于产生某结果”。