Pivotal Sentences: “Subject + 使 + Object + Verb Phrase”

The pattern “主语 + 使 + 宾语 + 动词短语” says that some cause or circumstance brings about a change in a person or thing, or produces a particular result.

How it is translated

“使” (shǐ) usually means: cause … make … become lead to …

主语 + 使 + 宾语 + 动词短语 subject + 使 + object + verb phrase

Meaning: a cause acts on the object and produces a change or result in it.

如果总是换工作，可能会使自己的发展受到影响

使 + 自己的发展 + 受到影响 cause + your own development + to be affected

如果 — if 总是换工作 — keep changing jobs 可能会 — may 使 — cause 自己的发展 — one’s own development 受到影响 — be affected

Here changing jobs often is the cause, and the effect on development is the result.

这个新方法使工作变得更加简单了

这个新方法 + 使 + 工作 + 变得更加简单了 this new method + made + the work + become much simpler

这个新方法 — this new method 使 — make it become 工作 — the work 变得 — become 更加简单 — much simpler

Here the new method is the cause, and the work becoming simpler is the result.

参加这些交流活动使留学生更快适应了大学生活

参加这些交流活动 + 使 + 留学生 + 更快适应了大学生活 taking part in these events + made + the international students + adapt to university life faster

参加 — take part 交流活动 — exchange events 留学生 — international students 更快 — faster 适应 — adapt 大学生活 — university life

A + 使 + B + C

Here: A — the cause or circumstance B — the person or thing acted on C — the change or result produced in B Meaning: A causes B to become C.

使自己的发展受到影响

使工作变得更加简单

使留学生更快适应大学生活