to one’s liking 合……的胃口，合……的意

He found country life much to his liking. 他感到鄉村生活很合他的意。

Is your haircut to your liking? 你的發式稱你的心嗎？

to one’s mind 依某人之見，合某人的心意

To my mind he’s extremely offensive. 照我看來，他是極為無禮的。

To my mind the arrangement is ideal. 依我看這個安排很理想。

to one’s regret 使某人感到遺憾的是

Much to my regret, I must leave you now. 非常遺憾，我得向你告別了。

Greatly to my regret, I cannot attend the party. 很可惜的是，我無法參加聚會。

to one’s relief 使人放心的是

To my great relief, I wasn’t late. 我最慶幸的是沒有遲到。

Much to my relief, he is safe now. 使我感到十分欣慰的是，他現已平安無事了。

to one’s satisfaction 使某人滿意的是

To my satisfaction, my son passed the exam. 使我感到滿足的是，我兒子通過了考試。

The work was done to his own satisfaction, but in my opinion it was badly done. 這工作他做得很滿意，但在我看來，卻是做得很糟。

to one’s shame 使某人慚愧的是

To my shame I never thanked him for him kindness. 我感到慚愧的是對他的好意我從未表示過感謝。

To our shame we offered no alternative to them. 慚愧的是我們沒有給他們任何選擇的余地。

to one’s sorrow 使某人難過的是

I learned to my sorrow that he was killed in the accident. 我獲悉他在事故中喪生而深感悲痛。

to one’s surprise 使某人吃驚的是

To my surprise, she didn’t like the idea. 使我吃驚的是，她不贊成這個主意。

To my surprise, he failed to turn up. 使我驚奇的是他沒有露面。

to one’s taste 合某人的口味，稱某人的心

The soup is quite to my taste. 這湯很合我的口味。

This kind of writing is not to everyone’s taste. 這類文章不是人人都愛看的。

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本文摘自《飛揚英語語法系列·介詞》（金盾出版社）

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