三个表示“充分利用”的短语

【导语】为了方便同学们进行复习，本站小编整理了小学期间常用的英语短语如下，希望对大家有帮助。

高中英语中有三个表示“充分利用”的短语——make the best of, make the most of, make good [full] use of。它们结构相近，意思相似，你会使用它们吗?你知道它们有什么区别吗?

　　1. make the best of

一般词典将其译为“充分利用”“善用”“尽力而为”，但英语词典对该短语的解释是to accept a situation which is not very good, and do whatever you can to make it better(接受不是很好的状况，并设法使它变得变好)，指的是在境况不理想的情况下而尽力而为，即尽量往好处努力，具体翻译时可以灵活处理。如：

Make the best of your limited time. 尽可能善用你有限的时间。

We must make the best of the few natural resources we have. 我们一定要尽可能地利用我们所拥有的一点自然资源。

We must try to make the best of things until we can afford a bigger house. 在我们能买得起一所较大的房子之前，我们应该尽量利用目前的条件把住处安排得像样一些。

We’ll have to spend the night in this awfully place, so we might as well make the best of it. 我们得在这鬼地方住一晚，所以还是将就一点吧。

　注意：该结构的best前必须要有定冠词。

　　2. make the most of

该短语通常译为“充分利用”，但英语词典对该短语的解释是profit as much as one can from…(从……获取尽可能多的好处)，即不管所处的境况有利还是不利，一定要把所有的好处和优势利用到极致。如：

She doesn’t know how to make the most of herself. 她不知道如何充分表现自己。

It’s my first holiday for two years so I’m going to make the most of it. 这是我两年来的.第一个假日，所以要好好利用一下。

It’s my first trip abroad so I’m going to make the most of it. 这是我第一次出国，我要充分利用这个机会。

She’s not really beautiful, but she makes the most of her looks. 她并不十分漂亮，但很会打扮。

说明：该结构的most前也必须要有定冠词。make the best of与make the most of的区别是，前者的语境背景通常是一个“消极的”(如不好、不利、不足、不令人满意等)，而后者的语境背景则没有特别限制，可以是“消极的”，也可以是“积极的”。所以在有些情况下，make the most of 可以代替 make the best of。如：

You have only a short holiday, so make the most of it. 你只有很短的假期，所以应该好好利用这段时间。

We had to make the most of our rather slender resources. 我们只好充分利用我们极为有限的资源。

3. make good [full] use of

该结构中的use前不用冠词。一般只说make use of，其意为“利用”“使用”，其用法与用作动词的 use 意思相同。如：

We must make use of our untapped reservoirs of talent. 我们必须利用我们尚未利用的人才。

She makes use of people she meets as raw material for her fiction.()

她把她所遇见的人作为她创作小说的素材。

若要加强语气，则在use前加上修饰语good, full等，其意为“充分利用”“充分使用”。其实质用法仍与动词use用法相同，只是语气稍强而已。如：

Make full use of every chance you have to speak English. 要充分利用一切机会说英语。

We will make good use of her talents. 我们要很好地发挥她的才能。

We could make better use of our resources. 我们可以更有效地利用我们的资源。

　　美文赏析:【美文赏析:成功的秘诀其实并不深奥】

You want to know the secret to success? Here it is:

你想知道成功的秘诀吗?下面我就告诉你：

Believe in yourself so much, that no one else can tell you otherwise.

要足够相信自己，这样就没有人能对你指手画脚了。

Also doubt yourself so much, that you feel like no matter how hard you work nothing could ever get you to your goal.

也要足够怀疑自己，总是感觉无论自己多么努力，好像也永远无法实现目标。

Work so hard, that your friends think you're crazy.

工作要足够努力，让朋友都觉得你疯了。

Be ridiculed, be shunned, be ignored, be told no. Get shut down so many times that you become immune to it. That it drives you, and gives you energy.

被嘲笑、被回避、被忽视、被泼冷水、被阻止的次数多了，你就习惯了，这些都是你的动力，能给你力量。

Set boundaries for yourself. IE don't spend your money going to every show.

为自己设定界限。也就是说不要花钱把所有演出都看了。

Also, go get inspired. Take yourself out of your work cycle, remind yourself why you are working yourself to the bone.

而且要寻找启发。从日复一日的工作中抽出身来，提醒自己拼命工作是为了什么。

Give EVERYTHING to your craft. If there's someone in your life or something you do that prevents you from working 25 hours a day, get rid of it.

全身心投入工作。如果生活中有人或事妨碍你一天工作25小时，就把他们赶出你的生活。

Ingrain the idea in your mind that NOTHING will get you where you want to be other than hard work.

头脑中要有一个根深蒂固的想法，那就是只有努力工作才能帮你实现目标。

Keep working so hard, that eventually what you are doing isn't work. It's who you are. And now people are taking notice. Your parents believe in you; your friends support you.

坚持努力工作，最终你不是在做工作，而是在做人。人们都会注意你，家人会信任你，朋友会支持你。

Keep doubting yourself. Always know that there's something else better out there that you have to keep working harder than you did yesterday to achieve.

要一直自我怀疑。你要知道前方总是有比你昨天已经实现的目标更好的东西等待你去为之努力。

Enjoy yourself. Be happy. Be grateful, be humble.

享受生活。要开心、感恩、谦卑。

Keep working your ass off so you can make every single day of your life as good as this one, and better than the day before it.

拼命工作，你才能使每天都这么美好，每天都比前一天更美好。