前面有人提问“不定式作表语时怎么样翻译”时，摘录了2022新高考考试全国卷1的阅读B的一个段落：
Like most of us, I try to be mindful of food that goes to waste. Thearugula was to make anice green salad, rounding out a roast chicken dinner. But I ended up workinglate. Then friends called with a dinner invitation. I stuck the chicken in thefreezer. But as days passed, the arugula went bad. Even worse, I hadunthinkingly bought way too much; Icould have made six salads with what I threw out.
我这里请想问的是：这里的 waytoo 是什么使用方法？
原句参见：https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/59738
如此用的 way 是副词（不是名词），用于强调程度，其后一般接形容词、副词、介词短语等。网友遇见如此的问题要先掌握查词典，譬如你翻一下韦氏高阶，就能查到以下内容：
