本日先容一下“make believe”和“make do”两个近义词的用法。先看第一个词。
“make believe”有“动词”、“名词”、“形容词”三重意义，我们先看一下字典中的阐明：
Collins：
1.to pretend or enact a fantasy （动词：假装）
例句：the children made believe they were doctors
2.You use make-believe to refer to the activity involved when a child plays a game in which they pretend something, for example that they are someone else. （名词：小孩子的过家家游戏）
例句：She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.
3.You use make-believe to describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be. （形容词：假装的，假象的）
例句：In the video, he danced down a make-believe street.
“make believe”的动词用法大多以孩童为工具，隐约带有童幻色彩，多涌如今儿童题材的影视剧，或童话故事中。如果从成人口中说出，也表示当事人以某种孩童似的口吻进行表达。
其余，“make believe”在作“形容词”和“名词”时，请不要忘却中间的连字符“make-believe”。
再来说说“make do”，先看一下字典：
Collins：to manage with whatever is available
Cambridge：to manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like
“make do”这个词组的意思是“凑合着用，手头有什么就先用什么”。根据语境的不同，这个词有时会带有淡淡的“无奈”觉得。
例句：
1.We were in a hurry so we had to make do with a quick snack. 我们很匆忙，只好姑息着来了点小吃。
2.Why make do with a copy if you can afford the genuine article? 如果你买得起正品，为什么还拿复制品凑合呢？
您学会了吗？
