核心问题
The doctors in this hospital are ____ provide the patients with their requirements. A. too ready to B. far too ready to C. only too ready to D. too only ready to 书上给的答案是 C(only too ready to)。但是我认为 too...to 具有否定意义,似乎与句意不合。
词典解答
too...to do 确实具有否定意义。但 only too...to do 却没有否定意义。这是因为 only too 是一个固定短语，它的意思是：“非常”“实在”。
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I shall be only too pleased to get home. 我将非常高兴回家去。
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I'm only too glad to hush the matter up. (Dreiser) 我很高兴把这件事隐瞒下来。
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That habitual criminal may feign penitence, but he is only too ready to steal or defraud again. 那个惯犯可能会佯作悔过，但他非常容易再偷窃或诈骗。（参见 too ）