新东方教你学英语:

　　1.及物动词make的原义为“制造”，但它经常用于一些固定的结构，最常见的为make+(冠词)+名词形式：

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2. make sb. do sth. 和 be made to do sth.

　　make sb. do sth. 让某人做某事

　　What made him change his mind ?

　　什么事情让他改变了他的想法?

　　That beard makes you look much older than you really are. 

　　那个胡子让你看上去比你实际要老很多。

　　be made to do sth.

　　He was made to work fourteen hours a day.

　　他被要求一天工作14个小时

　　He was made to change his mind.

　　他被迫使改变想法。

　　3.make sb./sth. +adj. 让某人/某事....如何

　　My brother was trying to make his sister happy.

　　我哥哥试图让他妹妹开心。

　　I want to make it clear that I won't mix with them.

　　我要表明，我不会和他们混在一起。

　　4.与被动语态的made连用的几个介词

　　be made in表示产地或时间

　　It was made in Germany.

　　be made of 表示用某种材料制成(通常指制造后不改变该材料原来的性质或形状)

　　The tea pot is made of silver.

　　be made from 表示用数种材料制成，或者是制造后改变了材料原来的性质或形状

　　Paper can be made from wood.

　　be made by表示由谁制造

　　This cake was made by my sister.

　　be made into 被制成……