“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。
/t pnt t/
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”。
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