To quote from Albert Einstein, science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought.
The telescope made possible the observation of the far-off stars. 望远镜使人们能够观察遥远的星球。
国内出版的某些专著把能够用于这一结构中的形容词仅限于“possible”一词。其实,在现代英语中能够用于这一结构中的形容词 越来越多。又如: The primary aim of every punctuation mark is to make unmistakable the meanin g of written words.
写作时应用标点符号的基本目的,是使所用词语的意义不致被误解。
Mattes says:"but we will simply be making available to a wider public services that already exist.” 马狄斯说:“但是我们只是想使已经存在的服务项目能够面向更广大的公众。”
3.make it 形容词 不定式短语(从句)不定式短语或从句作宾语时,需移置宾语补语之后,在原来宾语的位置上用引导词it作形 式宾语,从而使句子保持平衡。如:
In order to make it easier for people to use computers,languages for writing programs have been devised. 为使人们易于使用计算机,便设计出了编写程序的语言。
The company made it questionable whether the equipment should be employed at all. 这家公司对到底该不该使用这台设备产生了怀疑。