英语作文中“使”的多种表达方法

英语作文中“使”的多种表达方法

英语作文中“使”的多种表达方法

多数学生用英语表达“使…如何”时,多用make一词,结果用词单调,句式缺少变化。其实英语中还有许多可以表示“使”、“令”、“让”等意义的词语和结构,在此仅介绍一些常用者,以供同学们在写作中灵活运用。

e“使丧失,使不能享受”,用法为 deprive sb. of sth

Her trouble deprived her of sleep.

烦恼使她御夜难眠。

“使处于特定状态”,用法为 set sb. doing(或介词短语)

Teacher’s remarks have set me thinking.

老师的话使我深思。

His behavior set people talking.

他的行为使人们议论纷纷。

My jokes set the whole table( the company) laughing.

我的笑话使全桌的(全体同伴)大笑起米。回

A spark set the woods on fire

一颗火星使树林着起火来。

“使处于某种状态,听任”,用法为 cost .

The slump in construction has cost many workers their jobs

建筑业的不景气使许多工人失业

Her insufferable insolence cost her many friends.

她那令人难以忍受的傲慢无礼使她失去了许多朋友

“使处于某种状态,听任”,用法为 leave+宾语+形容词(介词短语、不定式或分词) Fear left her lips stiff.

她吓得张口结舌。

His equivocal answer left us uncertain as to his real opinion.

他模棱两可的回答使我们无法了解他的真意

Leave the future to take care of itself .

对未来要顺其自然。

Tom quit his job, leaving his boss in the lurch.

汤姆辞去了工作,使老板处境困难。

“使进入特定状态”,用法为sent+宾语+分词(形容词、介词短语)

Inflation has sent prices soaring.

通货膨胀使物价飞涨。

This noise will send me mad!

这噪音会吵得我发疯!

The remark sent him into a fit of laughter.

这话使他大笑了一阵。

6. cause“促使”,用法为cause .,cause do

.

His mother's death caused him a excruciating pain.

他母亲的死使他悲痛万分。

His insanity caused him to do some terrble things.

他因精神错乱做了些可怕的事情。

Pessimists believe further population growth will eventually

cause a virtual collapse of public services in many cities.

悲观主文者认为人口的进一步增长最终将会使许多城市的公共设施陷于瘫疾。

“使处于特定状态”,用法为put+宾语+介词短语

It puts me to heavy expenses

这使我大为破费。

You’ ve put me in a bad temper.

你让我心情不好。

a closed economy will not put a country on the way to

prosperity.

闭关自守的经济是不会使一个国家富起来的。

8. provoke“激起,引起,促使”,用法为直接接宾语

His lecture provoked an intense interest in linguistics.

他讲的课使人们对语言学产生了浓厚的兴趣。其整

What he said provoked a side-splitting laughter.

他的话令人捧腹大笑。

Public indignation may well provoke the House into action.

公众的愤慨可能促使议院采取行动。

“使保持某状态”,“阻止”,用法为 keep doing.

Gravitation keeps all objects from flying away from the earth.

引力使所有的物体都不能飞离地球

They smoke to keep their restless nerves occupied.

他们抽烟是为了使紧张的神经永不休止地活动。

The detective story kept me in suspense until the last chapter.

那个侦择故事一直使我疑问不断,直到最后一章才弄明白。

10., prevent“妨碍,使不能”,用法为 prevent sb.(from)doing

His egoism prevented him from seeing the needs of his

colleagues.

他的利己主义使他看不到同事们的需要。

The rain prevent us(from) playing tennis.

那场雨使我们没能打网球。

11. relieve“使某人解脱",用法为 relieve sth.

Your coming relieves me of the trouble of writing a letter

你来了就免得我写信了。

By far the most logical step to relieve the housewife of

routine is to provide

a robot slave.

使家庭主妇从日常的家务劳动中解脱出来的最合情理的办法就是提供

家用机器人.

“使有能力”,用法为 enable do

The course will enable me to improve my understanding of

poetry.

这门课程将使我提高对诗歌的理解能力。

The bird’s large wings enable it to fly very fast.

这种鸟的巨大翅膀使它能飞得很快。

13. disable“使无能力做”……,用法为 disable doing或

for sth

His illness totally disabled him from following his vocation

疾病使他完全失去了从事他的职业的能力。

The breakdown of the machine disabled him from carrying

on the experiment.

机器损坏使他不能继续进行实验。

Old age disabled him for hard physical labour

13.年迈使他不能胜任繁重的体力劳动。

14. poison one' s mind against使某人产生偏见或恶感

She tried to poison her husband's mind against his sister.

她想让丈夫对他妹妹产生偏见。不限到直一等个

A judge must not allow anyone to poison his mind against

either the plaintiff or the defendant.一个法官绝不能让任何人使他对原告或被告带有偏见.

15.“to one's+情感名词或“ to the+情感名词+or结构

这两种结构表示“令人喜哀、乐、惊、恐等”,名词前常有表程度的形容词修饰,常用的名词有amazement,surprise,

astonishment,sorrow, relief, joy, content,delight,

satisfaction, disappointment, annoyance, shame,horror等

He broke it, greatly to my annoyance.

他把它打碎了,使我十分恼火。

To his great disappointment, she wasn’t on the train.

令他大失所望的是她不在那列火车上

To her horror she saw clouds of smoke issuing from her

masters nose! a

看到一阵阵的烟从主人的鼻孔中冒出来使她大为惊恐!