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Do your best 是什么意思?尽力不等于保证成功

Do your best 表示尽最大努力,未必保证结果。Make 也能表示“做”,但把它放进这句承诺,英语就不自然了。

Do your best 表示尽最大努力,把能做的都做到。Your 要随着主语变化:I'll do my best, she did her best。这句话常用于承诺会努力,但不保证一定成功。

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do my/your/their best; do your best to + verb; try your best

  • I'm not sure I can finish the translation by Friday, but I'll do my best.
  • The whole team did their best to help the new manager settle in.

修改原因

修改前I will make my best to pass the exam.

修改后I will do my best to pass the exam.

Make 和 do 都可以表达做某件事,所以学习者有时会写 make my best。但这个表达搭配的是 do。句子的其他部分没有问题:to pass the exam 的位置是对的。

Cambridge Dictionary

用过去时说这句话,后面常接不太好的消息:I did my best, but the shop was already closed。Make an effort 更侧重主动付出努力,尤其是做一件并不轻松的事:He made an effort to be friendly。

动手练习

I can't promise we'll win the match, but we will all ___ our best.

(do / make)

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do — 这里的固定搭配是 do our best。Make our best 看似有道理,却不是表达“尽力”的通常说法。

给同事写一条消息,表示你会接手一项紧急任务。承诺尽力完成,也坦诚说明可能遇到的障碍。

I'll take the client report and do my best to finish it tonight, but the sales figures might arrive late.

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