「做惡夢」不是」make a bad dream」！這些基本動詞用法要掌握！

"做惡夢"不是make a bad dream

我們說做改變make a difference，做決定make a decision，都是"做"，但做惡夢也用make，就犯了中式英文的錯誤。

做決定，做改變都是時間較短，一下就能決定的事，但對於需要較長時間做的具體事情，動詞用have.

例句：

I had a bad dream last night.

我昨晚做惡夢了

 

知識拓展：

1、Make是一瞬間，時間較短的事情

Make a copy

影印

例句：

Please make a copy of this document.

請你把這個文件列印一份做備份。

Make a call

打電話

例句：

Could you help me make a call to Beijing?

請幫我往北京打個電話行嗎？

2、Have是需要較長時間的事情

Have a dream

做夢

例句：

I had a dream of traveling around the world.

我夢見我環遊世界。

Have a meeting

開會

例句：

They'll have a meeting this afternoon.

他們下午開會。

3、"做生意"不是make business！

不能看到做就翻譯成make，這裡的make依舊是一個短暫性，表示最終結果的動詞，但做生意是一個過程，注重過程的表達，動詞應該用do，正確說法是do business.

例句：

It's been a pleasure to do business with you, Mr. Smith.

我非常榮幸和你做生意，史密斯先生。

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