使

make; cause, to exert (force or effort)

ʂ ʐ̩ ² ¹ ⁴
verb Common #3,636
make; cause Used to cause someone or something to enter a state or produce a result.
CH: 他使他儿子成了个有钱人。
EN: He made his son a rich man.

科学发明并不总是使世界变得更美好。

Scientific inventions do not always make the world a better place.

使世界完美

Make the world perfect

— 第五元素 (1997)

如果在他剥洋葱的时候我也不能问他他是个大忙人不可能使每个人都满意

If I can't even ask him while he's peeling onions, then he's a very busy man—it's impossible to please everyone.

— 邮差 (1994)

恐怕那些新闻使丹弗斯太太受惊了

I'm afraid that news frightened Mrs. Danvers.

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

我不会让你们因为内战而使埃及破产

I won’t let you bankrupt Egypt because of the civil war.

— 埃及艳后的任务 (2002)

他使汤姆失去了希望。

He made Tom lose hope.

你们的错使这个森林灭绝

It was your fault that this forest went extinct.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

但我感觉我们应该做些什么使人们觉得曼陀丽跟以往一样求你了

But I feel we should do something to make people feel that Manderley is just as it used to be, please.

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

你的行为使全班的人丢脸。

Your behavior embarrassed the whole class.

使生活美好以及有价值的东西没了元首和国家社会主义我们的生活就没有了意义

Without the Führer and National Socialism, the things that make life beautiful and worthwhile—and our lives themselves—would have no meaning.

— 帝国的毁灭 (2004)

它使我觉得强壮有力好像我可以使女孩子疯狂

It makes me feel strong and powerful, like I could drive girls crazy.

— 死亡诗社 (1989)

你可以花钱使生命永恒

You can pay to live forever.

— 睁开你的双眼 (1997)

我使人们害怕

I scare people.

— 潜水钟与蝴蝶 (2007)

使我想吃面条了

It makes me want to eat noodles.

— 蒲公英 (1985)

电使蜡烛在我们的生活中变得没什么用了。

Electricity has made candles far less useful in our daily lives.

如果你想使他人相信你的话,那就只说他已经相信的东西吧。

If you want others to believe you, just tell them what they already believe.

使其他学生很压抑

It makes the other students feel really oppressed.

— 生吃 (2017)

我刚才说的可以使朱滔入狱吗

Can what I just said get Zhu Tao sent to prison?

— 警察故事 (1985)

他使他儿子成了个有钱人。

He made his son a rich man.

是什么使你们成为了战犯呢?

What made you become war criminals?

— 末代皇帝 (1987)

结婚不是什么使年轻人感兴趣的东西。

Marriage isn't something that interests young people.

那为何使外行人不能欣赏?

Then why should that keep ordinary people from appreciating it?

— 蒲公英 (1985)

战争不会使任何人幸福。

War will not make anyone happy.

使刺客无法藏身!

Leave the assassins nowhere to hide!

— 英雄 (2002)

什么使你想…别跑,我正对你说话

What makes you want to… Don’t run off—I’m talking to you.

— 隐藏摄像机 (2005)

我已使阿曼达·基拉斯多特恢复至完全正常的健康状态。

I have restored Amanda Killasdottir to full health.

verb Uncommon #12,738
to exert (force or effort) Often used with 劲 (jìn, “strength”): 使点劲 means “put in a little effort.”
CH: 使点劲,把箱子推过去。
EN: Use a little force to push the box over there.

我连吃奶的力气都使出来了

I’ve used every ounce of strength I have.

— 摩托日记 (2004)

使点劲!

Put some effort into it!

— 世界 (2004)

使碗的人走了

The person using the bowl has left.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

使什么劲?

Why are you trying so hard?

— 活着 (1994)

黄飞鸿刚才使的一招

That move Wong Fei-hung just used.

— 黄飞鸿之一:壮志凌云 (1991)

他们为什么把你变成这样是个惩罚这个怎么使向上向左热水

Why did they turn you into this? Is this a punishment? How does this make the hot water move upward and to the left?

— 守夜人 (2004)

那套本事都使出来嘛不会吃亏的

Go ahead and use all those skills—you won’t lose out.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

有什么就使出来吧

Show me what you've got.

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

还早着呢,现在使什么劲?

There's still plenty of time, so why are you working so hard now?

— 活着 (1994)

你使绝招啊

Use your ultimate move!

— Lost in Thailand (2012)

使点劲

Put some more effort into it.

— 哭声 (2016)

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