英語中make一詞用法甚多，是使用頻率最高的動(dòng)詞之一，而make作使役動(dòng)詞的用法也很常見。意思是“使成為”、“使作為”、“使變成”，其后的復(fù)合賓語(即賓語+賓語補(bǔ)足語)有以下表達(dá)方式：

　　1. make +賓語+名詞(作賓語補(bǔ)足語)

　　Most pop singers make music their career.

　　大多數(shù)流行歌手把音樂當(dāng)作他們的職業(yè)。

　　Bill Gates’ Microsoft makes him a phenomenon in the business world.

　　比爾·蓋茨的微軟使他成為商界的一個(gè)奇才。

　　What makes the ocean such a great place to live?

　　究竟是什么東西使大海成為如此優(yōu)越的生活場(chǎng)所呢?

　　European football is played in 80 countries， making it the most popular sport in the world.

　　80個(gè)國家踢歐式足球，使它成為世界上最受歡迎的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

　　After all， what makes a new invention such a wonderful thing is that it allows us to do something we could not do before.

　　畢竟， 一項(xiàng)發(fā)明之所以成為如此奇妙的事情就在于它可以讓我們做以前不能做的事。

　　2. make +賓語+不帶to的不定式(作賓語語補(bǔ)足語)

　　Nobody made us go to bed at a certain time.

　　沒有人讓我們?cè)谀骋还潭〞r(shí)間就寢。

　　Pop music makes people feel easy and forget about the real world; rock music makes people think about the world and how to make their life better.

　　流行音樂令人松弛安心， 忘記這真實(shí)的世界， 而搖滾樂使人思考這個(gè)世界和如何改善自己的生活。

　　Nothing can make me turn against my country.

　　什么也不能使我背叛我的祖國。

　　Love may create the wonder， and may make people become satisfied and optimistic.

　　愛可以創(chuàng)造奇跡， 可以讓人變得滿足和樂觀。

　　但改成被動(dòng)語態(tài)時(shí)， 則要加to。

　　Children should be made to understand the importance of saving water.

　　應(yīng)該讓孩子們理解節(jié)水的重要性。

　　3. make +賓語+形容詞(作賓語補(bǔ)足語)

　　But I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white people equal.

　　但是我樂于幫忙， 因?yàn)槲抑�道�?這是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)我們黑人和白人平等的夢(mèng)想。

　　The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier， not to make it more difficult.

　　新技術(shù)的目的是使生活變得更加容易， 而不是變得更加困難。

　　Internet makes our lives easy and convenient.

　　互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使我們的生活變得容易和方便。

　　The chemical structure of water also makes it different from almost every-thing else on earth.

　　化學(xué)結(jié)構(gòu)還使水不同于世界上幾乎所有的其他物質(zhì)。

　　Unfortunately， this function also makes estuaries very sensitive to enviro-mental pollution.

　　不幸的是， 這個(gè)作用也使河口對(duì)環(huán)境污染很敏感。

　　Harry learns the truth about his past， a dark secret that will make his life and choices more difficult.

　　哈利了解了自己的真實(shí)身世， 隱藏其中的秘密使他的生活和選擇面臨更大的困難。

　　4. make +賓語+過去分詞(作賓語補(bǔ)足語)

　　The teacher raised his voice so that he could make himself heard.

　　那個(gè)老師提高了嗓門以便別人能聽到他。

　　Can you easily make yourself understood in English?

　　你能用英語輕易地表達(dá)你的思想嗎?

　　His actions made him universally respected.

　　他的行為使他處處受到尊敬。

　　5. make +賓語+介詞短語(作賓語補(bǔ)足語)

　　You made him into an honest one.

　　你使他成為一個(gè)誠實(shí)的人。

　　“Make yourself at home，” the hostess said to me as soon as I entered the house.

　　我剛一進(jìn)門， 女主人就對(duì)我說：“別客氣， 就像在你自己家一樣�！�

　　6. make +賓語+從句(作賓語補(bǔ)足語)

　　What has made China what she is today?

　　是什么讓中國變成今天的樣子?

　　We will soon make our school what your school is now.

　　我們不久就要把我們的學(xué)校發(fā)展成你們學(xué)校目前的那個(gè)樣子。

　　7. make +形式賓語it +形容詞或名詞(做賓語補(bǔ)足語) +帶to的不定式作真正的賓語

　　This makesit possible for agriculture and industry to develop quickly.

　　這使工農(nóng)業(yè)有可能很快發(fā)展。

　　People in the West make it a rule to buy Christmas presents for their rela-tives and friends.

　　西方國家的人常在圣誕節(jié)時(shí)購買禮物給親屬和朋友。

　　Pedestrians， both old and young， should make it a habit to use overhead bridges.

　　行人， 不論老幼， 都該養(yǎng)成走人行天橋的習(xí)慣。

　　8. make +形式賓語it +形容詞或名詞(作賓語補(bǔ)足語) +從句(作真正的賓語)

　　They want to make it clear to the public that they do an important and necessary job.

　　他們要向公眾表明， 他們所做的工作不但重要， 而且是必不可少的。