make是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. (产品) 来源, 制法vt. 制造, 做成, 准备,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- He told me it was men of desperate fortunes on one hand, or of aspir-ing, superior fortunes on the other, who went abroad upon adventures, to rise by enterprise, and make themselves fa-mous in undertakings of a nature out of the common road; that these things were all either too far above me or too far below me; that mine was the middle state, or what might be called the upper station of low life, which he had found, by long experience, was the best state in the world, the most suited to human happiness, not exposed to the miseries and hardships, the labour and sufferings of the mechanic part of mankind, and not embarrassed with the pride, luxury, am-bition, and envy of the upper part of mankind.
-- Come, let us make a bowl of punch, and we'll forget all that; d'ye see what charming weather 'tis now?'
-- To make short this sad part of my story, we went the way of all sailors; the punch was made and I was made half drunk with it: and in that one night's wickedness I drowned all my repentance, all my reflections upon my past conduct, all my resolutions for the future.
-- However, the Roads being reckoned as good as a harbour, the anchor-age good, and our ground- tackle very strong, our men were unconcerned, and not in the least apprehensive of danger, but spent the time in rest and mirth, after the manner of the sea; but the eighth day, in the morning, the wind increased, and we had all hands at work to strike our topmasts, and make everything snug and close, that the ship might ride as easy as possible.
-- Towards evening the mate and boatswain begged the master of our ship to let them cut away the fore-mast, which he was very unwilling to do; but the boatswain protesting to him that if he did not the ship would founder, he consented; and when they had cut away the fore-mast, the main-mast stood so loose, and shook the ship so much, they were obliged to cut that away also, and make a clear deck.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he promised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable.
-- The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity. "Yes, he would give them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome!It would be enough to make them completely easy.
-- "He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation more comfortable than it was in his power to do.
-- If, indeed, it could be restored to our poor little boy ""Why, to be sure," said her husband, very gravely, "that would make great difference.
-- A hundred a year would make them all perfectly comfortable."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- A half-equipped little knight she was, venturing to reconnoitre the mysterious city and dreaming wild dreams of some vague, far-off supremacy, which should make it prey and subject--the proper penitent, grovelling at a woman's slipper.
-- He leaned forward to put his elbows upon the back of her seat and proceeded to make himself volubly agreeable.
-- She wanted to make some reference to their relations upon the train, but was too timid.
-- Its many and growing commercial opportunities gave it widespread fame, which made of it a giant magnet, drawing to itself, from all quarters, the hopeful and the hopeless--those who had their fortune yet to make and those whose fortunes and affairs had reached a disastrous climax elsewhere.
-- The entire metropolitan centre possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant, and to make the gulf between poverty and success seem both wide and deep.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I make this explanation for the reason that without it many readers would suppose that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding.
-- But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn't do no good.
-- The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about some- body that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog cry- ing about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me.
-- Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.
-- But I said no; he might wake and make a dis- turbance, and then they'd find out I warn't in.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
-- I shall use it to make the leg of a table."
-- He set aside the hatchet and picked up the plane to make the wood smooth and even, but as he drew it to and fro, he heard the same tiny voice.
-- CHAPTER 2 Mastro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make himself a Marionette that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults.
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