动 send，tell sb. to do sth.，use，employ；名 envoy，messenger，a surname；连 （假如） if，supposing ；

[例句] 日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。 A changing world has put pressures on the company.

[例句] 雾蒙蒙，寒冷的空气使他脸上感觉很舒爽。 The cold, misty air felt wonderful on his face.

make use of，use，employ，apply，bestow ；

[例句] 因为正在使用很多昂贵的设备，所以我非常紧张。 I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.

[例句] 这些表达方式经常相互替代使用，但它们的含义却有所不同。 These expressions are often used interchangeably, but they do have different meanings.

angel，an emissary from the emperor，[电影]L'ange；

[例句] 小女孩们在节日里扮成天使的样子。 Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas.

[例句] 对守护天使的蹩脚设计弄巧成拙，从一开始就注定这部电影要失败。 The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start.

exercise，perform，wield，exertion ；

[例句] 国王不能行使很多政治权力. The king cannot exercise much political power.

[例句] 他们行使巨大的政治权力. They wield enormous political power.

ambassador，Amb.，elchee，embassage ；

[例句] 他许诺任命一位艾滋病大使来应对这种疾病。 He promised to appoint an AIDS czar to deal with the disease.

[例句] 大使馆内的水电都被切断了。 Light and water in embassy buildings were cut off.

compel，prompt，urge，spur on，drive ；

[例句] 使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。 Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity.

[例句] 嫉妒驱使人们去杀人。 Jealousy drives people to murder.

precipitate，impel，urge，spur ；

[例句] 这些情绪有可能促使人们想要推翻现行的体制。 These feelings are likely to make people attempt to overthrow the system.

[例句] 其目的是促使人们结识邻居。 The idea is to encourage people to get to know their neighbours.

if，in case，in the event that，be it that ；

[例句] 假使你现在就上床睡觉, 我就念个睡前故事给你听. If you go to bed now, I've read you a bedtime story.

[例句] 假使你现在动身, 就能回来得更早一些. If you start now, you will be back the sooner.

mission，[电影]La Mission；

[例句] 对总统安全的担忧可能会给他的调解使命蒙上阴影。 Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission.

[例句] 他认为从事祷告和门徒的工作是他的使命。 He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.

even，even if，even though，if ；

[例句] 友情是理解，不是妥协；是原谅，不是遗忘。即使不联系，感情依然在。 Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.

[例句] 我觉得那些人物形象即使不说是乏味无聊，至少也是毫无深度。 I found the characters very two-dimensional, not to say dull.

envoy，minister ；

[例句] 埃德温·H.康格是特命全权公使。 Edwin H. Conger was envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

[例句] 他与驻华盛顿的丹麦公使签订了一项协议。 He concluded a deal with the Danish minister in Washington.

special envoy，ambassador，embassador，ambassador-at-large，envoy ；

[例句] 总统派了一名特使参加和平谈判. The President sent a special envoy to the peace talks.

[例句] 科隆博是教皇保罗的特使吗？是他在委员会内部设下的卧底吗？ Was Colombo the emissary of Pope Paul, his Trojan horse within the Commission?

emissary，envoy，messenger，herald，legate ；

[例句] 他要求对这起暴力事件的幕后指使者作出惩戒性判决。 He demanded exemplary sentences for those behind the violence.

[例句] 他们把自己看作实现和平的使者。 They saw themselves as a bridge to peace.

instigate，abet ；

[例句] 他嗾使人去劝他跟那个有名的摔跤师去摔跤. He set on people to persuade him to wrestle with the famous wrestler.

[例句] 巫师嗾使魔法师去攻击恶鬼. The shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits.

even if，even though，notwithstanding ；

[例句] 纵使明天下雨, 他们也要去游览. Even if It'should rain tomorrow, they will go for an outing.

[例句] 纵使整个形象的描述都必须加以改变,这些方程也继续有效. Even though the entire imagery had to be changed, the validity of those equations persisted.

[宗教] disciple，apostle ；

[例句] 使徒彼得在此表达了他相信《圣经》是通过默感写成的. Here the apostle Peter affirms his belief that the Scriptures are'inspired '.

[例句] 我认为,倘若把你封为使徒也说得过去. I don't think there will ever be any problem about canonizing you.

access，use，[计] usage rights，usufruct ；

[例句] 这两个男人为土地和水的使用权发生了争斗。 The two men fought a battle over land and water rights.

[例句] 在佛罗里达州，农民正摆好架势，准备和城市争夺地下水的使用权。 In Florida, farmers are squaring off against cities for rights to groundwater.

cause，result in，bring about，lead，render ；

[例句] 有人坠落压在他身上，致使他颈部受重伤。 He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall.

[例句] 极端主义分子猖獗，致使安全部长被解职。 The extremists prevailed, and the security minister was canned.

diplomatic envoy，envoy ；

[例句] 总统的使节开始了又一次外交之旅。 The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip.

[例句] 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什. Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache.

can be used，usable，will do，workable，bring ；

[例句] 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.

[例句] 网络游戏使得全球的玩家可以相互较量。 Online gaming allows players from around the world to challenge each other.