用动词make表使役
英语中,动词make的使役用法俯拾即是,而且就其宾语和宾语补语的词类和结构来说,也丰富多彩,生动活泼。归纳起来,主要有以下三种结构形式: 1.make+名词(代词)+动词不定式短语,-ed分词短语,介词短语,名词短语,形容词或形容词短语。如: 须知,不定式短语在主动结构中作宾语补足语时,不带to;但在被动结构中作主语补足语时,不定式短语则必须带to。如: Filth and high prices have combined to make London and other cities depressing places to live in. We should make these materials of most value. It was the determination that made life worth living for so many honest people. 2.make+形容词(短语)+名词短语这是一种倒装结构。为使句子结构保持平衡,通常将较长的名词短语移置补足语之后,不加引导词汇作形式宾语。如: The telescope made possible the observation of the far-off stars. 国内出版的某些专著把能够用于这一结构中的形容词仅限于“possible”一词。其实,在现代英语中能够用于这一结构中的形容词越来越多。又如: Mattes says:"but we will simply be making available to a wider public services that already exist.” 3.make+it+形容词+不定式短语(从句)不定式短语或从句作宾语时,需移置宾语补语之后,在原来宾语的位置上用引导词it作形式宾语,从而使句子保持平衡。如: In order to make it easier for people to use computers,languages for writing programs have been devised. The company made it questionable whether the equipment should be employed at all. |