■ list

make a list of Xs 和 make list of Xs，只差一个不定冠词 a，意义就大不相同。前者是“列出各个 X 的名单”。

• Make a list of things to buy.要买什么东西，列一张单子。
• Make a list of all the possible sources in which you think you can find that information.凡是你认为有可能找到这种资讯的来源，你都一一列出清单。

后者是“自己厕身于 Xs 之列（亦即自己也是一个 X）”。

• Harry Potter books make list of top 50 children's books.哈里·波特故事名列最流行的五十种儿童图书之列。
• Will (New York governor) Spitzer make list of politicians who survive scandal? (The Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2008)（纽约州长）史皮策能名列那些经得起丑闻的政客之中吗？