lesson 14 grammar usage


使 (render, cause, make) functions to indicate a causal relation

  • 每天在电脑前工作10多个小时使(⬅️cause)他的眼睛越来越差(⬅️effect)。
  • 妹妹的男朋友昨天忘了她生日,这使(⬅️cause)她很生气(⬅️effect)。
  • 大学的奖学金使(⬅️cause)很多交不起学费的学生可以继续念书(⬅️effect)。

Match fragments below

  1. 上周的大雪❄️使 . . . 
  2. 移民的增加使 . . . 
  3. 昨天姐姐的男朋友向她求婚使 . . . 
  4. 疫情🦠的扩散使 . . . 
  5. 中国市场经济的发展使 . . . 
  6. 拜登(Biden)觉得电动车🛵的大量发展会使 . . . 
  7. 美国的自由平等使 . . . 
  8. 妈妈半年前的去世使 . . . 
  9. 他对女朋友说了很多难听话使 . . . 
  10. 昨晚弟弟拉肚子,没睡好觉使 . . . 
    1. 学校不得不停🤚课
    2. 世界各国人民向往美国
    3. 她高兴得一夜没睡
    4. 大家感到戴口罩😷的必要
    5. 爸爸这六个月每天都很难过
    6. 很多农民工的收入越来越高
    7. 一些年纪大的美国人不安
    8. 空气污染减少很多
    9. 他今天考试考得很不理想
    10. 她决定不再跟他做朋友了

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(不)等于 is a pattern for “A is equal to or not the same as B”, often synonymous with or equivalent to (不)代表 (daì biǎo) represent, (不)意味着 (yì weì zhe) signify, or (不)说明 mean

翻译

  1. 我跟你一起开车去加州玩不等于我愿意做你的女朋友。
  2. 她没去哈佛(hā fó, Harvard)念书不代表她不聪明。
  3. 井河从北京回来看暖不意味他还爱暖。
  4. 哑巴没有跟暖说他爱她不说明他对她没有感情。
  5. 我们今天上课来晚了不等于您的课没有意思。
  6. 暖告诉井河她三次没给他回信意味着她跟别人了。
  7. 你常常不来上课,不做作业说明你不想继续学中文了。
  8. 他把这么贵的电脑送给你意味着他喜欢你。
  9. 现在天气这么冷,你不穿大衣出去等于自杀。
  10. 她跟你去中国旅游代表她已经原谅(yuán liàng, forgive)你对她说谎(shuō huǎng, lie)

翻译

  1. That Nuan is happy to see Jinghe does not mean she does not love her husband.
  2. If they are unable to go to school, it’s the same as they can never go and live in the city.
  3. If you say “No” to him, it means that your job is gone.
  4. That your parents love you does not mean you can live with them without paying rent.
  5. Able to speak and listen to Chinese with comprehension does not represent you can read and write Chinese.
  6. To have attended college is not the same as you are able to help those in need.
  7. Give money to people with no food to eat is (not) the same as helping them.
  8. That he often says “Thanks” to you signifies that he does not feel you are his real friend.
  9. What she said to you yesterday does not really represent her views (看法) of you.
  10. That he did not call you when you were sick does not mean he has found a new girl friend.