中小学英语常考词汇:make的短语用法大全


一、教材中的短语

(一)make conversation

该短语表示“闲聊”。如:

  • It can be very difficult to make conversation at a party. (在聚会时有时很难找话题跟人应酬。)

(二)make the bed

该短语表示“整理床铺”,有时bed也可以用复数,即make the beds。此外,定冠词the也可以去掉。如:

  • The first thing he does after getting up is to make the bed. (他起床后的第一件事就是整理床铺。)

  • She often goes downstairs after making the beds. (她经常整理好床铺后就下楼去.)

  • Can you send up one of your housekeepers to make bed? (请你派个女服务员来整理床铺好吗?)

  • Make beds and straighten up rooms. (整理床铺和房间。)

【注意】

英语中有一句相关的谚语,即:

  • As you make your bed so you must lie on it. (自己铺床自己睡,即“自作自受”。)

(三)make noise

该短语表示“叫嚷,发出噪音”。noise前可以插入much等修饰语。如:

  • You mustn't make noise in the reading room. (你不许在阅览室喧哗。)

  • Tell those boys not to make so much noise. (叫那些小男孩别这么大声嚷嚷。)

(四)make a promise

该短语表示“许诺”。如:

  • If you make a promise, you should fulfil it. (你若是作出允诺,就必须履行。)

(五)make trouble

该短语表示“闹事;捣乱”。trouble前可以插入much等修饰语。如:

  • If he comes here again and tries to make trouble, he'll get an earful from me. (他如果再来这里捣乱,我就会把他臭骂一顿。)

  • Ever since Fred made much trouble at our party last Christmas his name has been mud around here. (自从上次圣诞节弗莱德在我们的聚会上闹事之后,他在这一带已经名声狼藉了。)

(六)make progress

该短语表示“取得进步或进展”。progress前面可以插入great等修饰语。如:

  • He made progress in English bit by hit. (他在英语方面逐渐取得进步。)

  • Practise more and you'll make great progress. (练习,你会取得很大进步。)

(七)make money

该短语表示“赚钱”。money前面可以插入much等修饰语。如:

  • If you want to make money, buy cheap and sell dear. (要想赚钱就得贱买贵卖。)

  • We don't make much money,but we are able to keep our heads above water. (我们虽然挣钱不多,但总算还可以维持。)

【注意】

英语中表“赚钱”的另一个常用短语为:earn money。如:

  • I am going to teach until my son can earn money. (我教书要教到我儿子能够赚钱。)

(八)make a speech

该短语表示“做演讲”。如:

  • He is going to make a speech in public. (他将当众发表演说。)

(九)make a mistake

该短语表示“犯错”。mistake可以复数,即make mistakes。如:

  • If I made a mistake, I will try to remedy it. (我如果有错的话,我会改正的。)

  • We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired. (人若疲劳谁都可能出差错。)

(十)make up one's mind

该短语表示“下定决心”。如果one's指的是复数,则mind也要用复数minds。如:

  • They gave me a week to make up my mind. (他们允许我有一周的时间作决定。)

  • It took us a long time to make up our minds. (我们花了很长时间才作出决定。)

二、其他常用的短语

(十一)make use of

该短语表示“利用;使用”。如:

  • We train them to make use of reference books. (我们训练他们使用参考书。)

  • We must make full use of our spare time. (我们必须善用我们的业余时间。)

(十二)make a difference

该短语表示“有影响;起作用”。如:

  • One honest man can make a difference. (有一个老实人就可以大变样。)

  • Does his absence make a difference to your work? (没有他,会影响你的工作吗?)

(十三)make sense

该短语表示“讲得通;有意义”。如:

  • This sentence doesn't make sense. (这个句子没有意义。)

  • They tried to make sense of her mumblings. ( 他们试图弄明白她在嘟哝些什么。)

(十四)make an effort

该短语表示“努力做某事”,其用法为:make an effort to do sth.。也可以用作:make effort或make efforts。如:

  • I'll make an effort to stop drinking alcohol. (我要尽力戒酒。)

  • The workers are making effort to overfulfil this year's plan. (工人们正在努力超额完成今年的计划。)

  • We must make efforts to translate our ideal into reality. (我们必须努力把理想变为现实。)


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