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[误] The little boy was made repeat the whole story.
[正] The little boy was made to repeat the whole story.
[误] The father made his son to do his homework from morning till night.
[正] The father made his son do his homework from morning till night.
[析] make 的句型为"make somebody do (doing) something".但在被动语态中原来被省去的不定式符号to要被还原回来。
[误] I always do this mistake.
[正] I always make this mistake.
[析] 英语中do和make是十分不易弄清的两个动词,do常用于谈论工作时或某种不确定的活动时,如: do a favour(帮个忙),do one's best(竭尽全力),do good(有益), do harm(有害),而多数情况下常用make, 如: make a suggestion, make a cake, make a bed(收拾床),make a noise, make money等等。
[误] This wine was made of grapes.
[正] This wine was made from grapes.
[析] 当成品制成后,其原料的性质有所改变时应用make from,否则用make of, 如: This door was made of iron.
[误] Hard work can often make up a lack of intelligence.
[正] Hard work can often make up for a lack of intelligence.
[析] make up是"创造"、"编织",而make up for是"弥补……的不足之处"。上句应译为"勤奋工作可以弥补天资的不足。"
[误] We made up our mind to study hard.
[正] We made up our minds to study hard.
[析] mind这里是可数名词,使用时要特别予以注意make up one's mind是"下定决心"之意。
[误] Our class is made of twenty girls and twentyone boys.
[正] Our class is made up of twenty girls and twentyone boys.
[析] make up of…是"某物由……组成或构成"。
many
[误] I have many f
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