make it 的用法!实际上"make it"是美国俚语,是一个用途极广的多义性习语,在书刊中俯首即是,在日常交谈中随时可听得到,但要真正理解并掌握其在不同场合下的不同含义并非一件容易的事。 一、用来约定时间,或者用来估计时间、距离、人数等,常与can,let等词连用。例如:
A:Shall we meet next week?下星期我们见面,好吗?
B:Yes.Let's make it next Sunday.好的,让我们约定下星期日吧。
A:Can you make it tomorrow?明天行吗?
Let's make it at 8:30.Is that all right for you?
我们约定在8点半吧,这对你合适吗?
I make it twenty miles.
我估计这段距离有20英里。 二、用来表示达到预定目标;表示成功地办成一件具体的事情办成,做到;成功;发迹例如:
I though the would be too old to get to the top of the mountain,but he made it at last.
我原以为他年纪大爬不到山顶,但最后他还是爬上去了。
He'll make it,because he's got a rich daddy.
他准会成功的,因为他有一个有钱的爸爸。
Tell him I want to see him tonight,at my house if he can make it.
告诉他今晚我要见他,行的话就在我家。
He wants to make it as a writer.他想作为作家而一举成名。 三、用来表示及时抵达;旅行(某一段路程等)”;赶上。例如:
He won't be able to make it home at Christmas.
圣诞节时他到不了家。
We'll make it with a minute or two to spare.
我们能及时赶到,而且还可以早一两分钟。
The train won't leave for another ten minutes,so I think we can make it.
离开车还有10分钟,我想我们能赶上。
You can't make it to the other shore in such bad weather.
这样恶劣的天气,你可到不了对岸。 四、用来表示(疾病)等得到好转;得救。例如:
The doctor knew that the patient was unlikely to make it.
医生知道那个病人没什么希望了。
Lucy almost died,but they gave her blood transfusions and she made it.
露茜几乎濒临死亡,但输血以后她又转危为安了。
He had a high fever,but it doesn't mean he couldn't make it.
他发高烧,但这并不意味着他挺不过去。 五、用来表示相处得很好,受欢迎(或尊重),被接受(与with连用)。例如:
She finally made it with the crowd in Hollywood.
她终于受到好莱坞人的欢迎。
Talking that way,he'll never make it with the committee.
他那样说话在委员会决不会被接受。 六、用来表示预定小吃。例如:
Make it a cake and a bottle of orange.
来一块蛋糕和一瓶橘汁。
Make it three bottles of the best champagne you've got and send them up to my room .
送三瓶最好的香槟酒到我的房间去。 七、与up to连用,表示“报答”、“酬谢”、“偿还”。如:
Thank you for buying me the ticket.I'll make it up to you later.
谢谢你给我买了票,以后我要还你人情。 比较:下面两句中的make it不是固定短语,it是形式宾语。如:
Wherever he is,he makes it a rule to take part in physicallabour.
他已养成不论在哪里都参加体力劳动的习惯。
I've made it a rule never to hurry.
我已养成了从容不迫的习惯。作者: 九尾金狐 时间: 2007-8-28 10:14