Unit 50

使 A 成為 B make A B make B of A

使 A 成為 B Mary wants to make her son a doctor.

使 A 成為 B Mary wants to make a doctor of her son.

經常做 … make a habit of make a practice of

以 … 做為準則 make a rule of

以 … 做為信條 make a creed of

重視 … make a point of

重視 … Our teacher make a point of our making an outline before writing …

有 … 的天份 have... for N / Ving a gift / a talent an aptitude a genius

有 … 的天份 He has a talent for painting. She has a talent for languages.

有 … 的天份 be gifted be talented have potential to V

有 … 的天份 Tom has a genius for music. That ’ s why his mother wants to make a pianist of him.

計畫要做 … 卻沒 … planned / intended to have PP had planned / intended to V

計畫要做 … 卻沒 … I wanted to have given you a hand, but I …

比 … 還要 … The teacher assigned me harder homework than I expected.

比 … 還要 … He gave me more money than is needed.

比 … 還要 … He bought longer pants than he could wear.

A 取代 B A replace B A take the place of B A substitute for B A take B ’ s place

A 取代 B replace B with A substitute A for B

A 取代 B Let me substitute tea for wine to wish you good health.

A 取代 B Can you find another word to substitute for “ obesity ” ?

並非由於 … not … because I didn ’ t scold him because he broke my glasses.

不是因為 … 而是因為 I scolded him not because he broke my glasses, but because he was being late.

半因 … 半因 what with … and (what with) …

半因 … 半因 partly because S V and partly because S V

半因 … 半因 partly because of … and partly because of …

半因 … 半因 what by … and (what by) …

半因 … 半因 what between N 1 and N 2

半因 … 半因 What with your support and his hard work, he achieved his goal.

半因 … 半因 Partly because he had lost his ticket and partly because he wanted to lose weight, he walked...