▎把 A 當做 B, (bǎ A dàngzuò B), to treat or take A as B (7)

 

Function This pattern takes A to be B, making A in the role of B.

1 有不少人把買彩券當做一夜致富的機會。

Yǒu bù shǎo rén bǎ mǎi cǎiquàn dàngzuò yí yè zhìfù de jīhuì.

Lots of people treat the lottery as an opportunity to get rich over night.

2 有時候我們把體育館當做辦演唱會的地方。

Yǒu shíhòu wǒmen bǎ tǐyùguǎn dàngzuò bàn yǎnchànghuì de dìfāng.

Sometimes we use the gym as a venue to hold concerts.

3 風水學是把利用環境、改造環境當做一門學問。

Fēngshuǐxué shì bǎ lìyòng huánjìng, gǎizào huánjìng dàngzuò yì mén xuéwèn.

Feng Shui takes using and remoulding the environment as an academic discipline.

4 沒想到他居然可以把垃圾當做材料，做成藝術品。

Méi xiǎngdào tā jūrán kěyǐ bǎ lèsè dàngzuò cáiliào, zuòchéng yìshùpǐn.

Who would expect that he could use garbage as material for making art objects.