You may have heard this expression: You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

And I think as a organization, we try to make sure that those ideas get heard they get expressed.

我认为，作为一个组织，我们努力确保每个人的声音都能被别人倾听,能够抒发己见。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And this is where the two most important figures of the Republic begin to make their voices heard.

而这正是《理想国》书中,最重要的两名人物,开始发声的起点。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Yet she had to push to make herself heard as a woman among mostly male civil rights leaders.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

I took my role to sniff that out, and to make sure the president heard 2 and 4 on an important issue, and was able to make the decision himself.

我的作用就是发现这些，保证总统可以听到2和4这两个观点4,在一些重要问题上，然后他能自己做决定。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Because of the open-air stage, actors had to shout very loudly and make big motions to be heard and seen by all.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

When Old Zach first heard of efforts to make him president, he agreed with his brother.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Protesters gathered on the Capitol lawn during the debate, yelling in an attempt to make their own voices heard.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"He was trying to make a comeback, from what I heard.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"To take an opportunity to make sure that the indifference that the American people have had to the cause in Darfur ends, that we recognize we are all part of one human family and that it is very important that we stand up and that we make our voices be heard."

VOA: standard.2010.05.23