请教大家有关介词to在句子当中的用法，有例句。

Question

Spend a few minutes reading through these steps and thinking about your future now, and you'll be back to thinking about your weekend in no time.

句子后半句当中的to明显的是作为介词来用的，不知为什么作者要这样用。如果to作为不定式来讲的话，即to think能在句子当中讲得通吗？上面的句子是在西方的一个保险宣传册子上见到的，作为母语为中文的人，本人不太明白西方人的习惯，望高人指点，本人不胜感激。

Answer 1

一：表示相对，针对

be strange (common, new, familiar, peculiar, distinct, sensitive, immune, vulnerable, indispensable) to

Air is indispensable to life.

Aircrafts are vulnerable to interference caused by radiation.

This injection will make you immune to infection.

二：表示对比，比较

1：以-ior结尾的形容词，后接介词to表示比较，如：superior ,inferior,prior,senior,junior

The quarrel happened prior to my arrival.

2: 一些本身就含有比较或比拟意思的形容词，如equal，similar，equivalent，analogous

A is similar to B in many ways.

3：表示一些先后顺序的形容词，如：second,subsequent,next,preliminary,preparatory

Subsequent to the war,they returned to their hometown.

4: to也偶尔出现在个别动词之后,与动词形成固定词组,表示比较,如:prefer to,compare to,in contrast to

compare to sth.表示比喻或比拟,而compare with sth.表示比较,如:

World is usually compared to a stage

Compared with his past,he has changed a lot.

Prefer的正确句型是:prefer A to B或prefer doing A to doing B,但当prefer后接动词不定式时,表示比较的介

词to就要改成rather than ,如:

The undaunted soldier preferred death to surrender.
Many people prefer spending money to earning money.

They prefer to pursue careers rather than remain home as house wives.

5: to与及个别的名词构成比较之意,如:alternative

Going to an under water concert is a great alternative to going to dinner.

三: 表示修饰关系

1: 表示回复,反应意思的词,如:answer to question,

solution to problem,response to inquiry,reaction to proposal,reply to letter

2: 表示建筑构件的词汇,如: entry,entrance,approach,access,passage,exit,vent,path

the approach to a bridge引桥

the approach to science

Half of the population was estimated to have no access to the health service.

The access to education 接受教育的机会

The access to medical care 享受公费医疗的权利

3: 表示人物职位和官衔的词,如:assistant to manager, ambassador to Spain, successor to tradition, heir to

throne,deputy to the National People’s Congress

advisor to the Prime Minister

4: 表示权利和许可的词汇,如:right,admission

The employee finally got the admission to the boardroom.

Everyone has an equal right to ……..

5: 表示栅栏或障碍的词汇,如:bars to development,the barrier to progress

6: 表示与书籍,文本相关的词,如:introduction to passage.
7: 表示恭喜或是祝贺,如:

The director proposed a toast to the health of the guests.

Let’s drink to Dick’s success in business

8: 另外还有一些名词符合这种用法,有的具有两者息息相关,缺一不可的含义.如:key to door,invitation to

party,

guide to action,limitation to life,accessory to school

Answer 2

be back to 是“回到......”的意思，如果用不定式to think 则是“回来做......"的意思。两者意思大不一样。

Answer 3

说实话，本人也十分不能理解这里的think为什么不用原形…这个to明显的不是介词啊！？还有前面的第一句话，spend和thinking用and连接？？楼主你有没有想过，这句话原本就是错的呢？追问

这句话不大可能是错的，这是澳洲一个最大的保险公司宣传册子上面介绍里的第一句话。