學(xué)生們經(jīng)常混淆“to make”和“to let”的用法．這里讓我們先弄清它們的區(qū)別之一，以便正確地使用．
下面的兩個(gè)例子十分相象，我們要找出它們的區(qū)別所在。

Students often confuse the verbs“to make”and “to let”. Here we clear up one of the many problems in distinguishing these two words and using them correctly.
Let’s look at two nearly identical sentences，and see where the distinction lies.

“When Brian was little，his parents made him wash the dishes every night after dinner.”

“When Lisa was little，her parents let her wash the dishes every night after dinner.”

這兩個(gè)句子有何不同呢？在第一句中，“made”相當(dāng)于“forced”，也就是說Brian并不是真心實(shí)意地想洗碗，
但是他的父母吩咐他去洗，或許是教會他懂得勞動的價(jià)值。在第二句中，“l(fā)et”相當(dāng)于“permitted”或“allowed”，

也就是說，Lisa 很樂意洗碗，而她的父母并不阻止她，也許Lisa 是個(gè)懂事的孩子，愿為父母分擔(dān)家務(wù)。

再看其他幾個(gè)例子：

“How are these two sentences different？In the first sentence，"made" means "forced".In other words，Brian did not really want to do the dishes，but his parents forced him to wash them，perhaps to teach him the value of labor.

In the second sentence，"let" means "permitted" or "allowed". In other words，Lisa wanted to do the dishes，and her parents did not stop her, but instead allowed her to do the dishes. Lisa perhaps was a good-natured child looking to assist her parents. Let’s look at some other examples：

”My boss made me work all day without a break. I’m exhausted. “ (I didn’t really want to work all day; I had to.
工作了一天,真不請?jiān)?可又不得不)

”my boss let me leave work early today because we worked so hard yesterday. “ (I was happy to get off work early .
提前下班對我來說很開心)

”The officers in the military often make the soldiers do hard labor and tough training. The officers also don’t let the soldiers go out at night. “

”The elementary school teacher made the students stay after school because they were naughty. “

"We really like our new math instructor because she lets us eat the classroom."