单词 | make¹ |
释义 | make¹ /mek; meɪk/v made /med; meɪd/, made, making 1. [t] to produce or build something 制造; 建造; 制作:◇she makes all her own clothes. 她所有衣服都是自己做的。◇the furniture was made by a swedish firm. 这家具是由一家瑞典公司制造的。◇make lunch/dinner etc (=prepare lunch, dinner etc) 准备午餐/晚餐等 2. [t] make a mistake/suggestion/promise etc to do something wrong, suggest something, promise something etc 犯错/提出建议/作出保证等:◇they made a mistake on the electricity bill. 他们弄错了电费账单。◇roger made a good suggestion. 罗杰提出了一个好建议。 3. [t] to cause someone to do something, or cause something to happen 使[某人]做[某事]; 使[某事]发生:◇sarah's really funny — she always makes me laugh. 莎拉真有趣 — 她总是让我发笑。◇heavy rain is making the roads very slippery. 大雨使道路很湿滑。◇make sb sad/happy/excited etc don't do that — you're making me nervous. 不要那样做 — 你使我紧张。◇make it possible/difficult etc computers are making it possible for more and more people to work from home. 电脑使越来越多的人能够在家中工作。 4. [t] to force someone to do something 迫使[某人]做[某事]:◇the police made them stand up against the wall. 警方要他们靠墙站立。 5. [t] to give someone a particular job or title 任命[某人]做[某工作]; 推举[某人]担当[某头衔]:◇they made her deputy manager. 他们任命她为副经理。 6. [t] to earn or get money 赚得; 获得[金钱]:◇irene makes about $60,000 a year. 艾琳一年赚 60,000 美元左右。 7. [linking verb 连系动词] to be a particular number or amount when added together 等于,总计:◇2 and 2 make 4. 2 加 2 等于 4 。◇if you include us, that makes eight people for dinner. 如果你把我们计算在内,总共有八个人吃晚餐。 8. make it a) to succeed in arriving somewhere 及时到达,赶上:◇we made it to the station just as the bus was leaving. 我们在公共汽车快要开走时赶到了车站。 b) to be successful in a job or activity [工作或活动]取得成功:◇a lot of people want to be in films, but very few of them actually make it. 许多人想拍电影,但他们中很少人真正成功。 9. make it friday/10 o'clock etc spoken used to arrange a day or time to meet someone 【口】 定在星期五/十点钟等[见面]:◇let's make it saturday morning. 让我们把时间定在星期六上午。 10. make time to leave enough time to do something 预留时间[做某事]:◇don't forget to make time to visit grandpa this week. 别忘记这星期要腾出时间探望爷爷。 11. [t] to be suitable for a job or purpose, because you have the right qualities to do it 具备[做某工作或达成某目标]的素质:◇john will make a good father. 约翰会成为一个好爸爸。 12. make the bed to tidy the sheets on a bed so that it is ready to sleep in 整理床铺,铺床 13. that makes two of us spoken informal used to say that you feel the same as someone else 【口,非正式】 我和你有同感:◇"i'm so tired!" "yeah, that makes two of us." “我累坏了!”“是啊,我也一样。” 14. make or break to make someone or something be very successful, or make them fail completely 使大获成功或一败涂地:◇one of his reviews can make or break a play. 他的一个评论可以捧红或毁掉一部戏。 15. make do to do something using the things you have, when you do not have exactly what you want 将就使用,凑合着用,勉强应付:◇we'll have to make do with these old clothes. 我们只好凑合着穿这些旧衣服。→ see also 另见 be made of (made²), make sure (sure¹), make a big difference(difference), make love (love²), make sense(sense¹), make the best of sth (best³), make friends (friend), make up your mind (mind¹)make for sth1 to go towards a place 朝[某地]前进:◇they made for the nearest bar. 他们走向最近的酒吧。2 to have a particular result or effect 导致:◇it should make for an interesting evening. 那会带来一个有趣的夜晚。make sth into sthto change something into something else 将[某物]变成[另一物]:◇the opium is made into heroin. 鸦片被制成海洛因。make sth of sb/sth1 what do you make of sth used to ask what someone's opinion is about something 你对某事物有什么看法:◇what do you make of this letter? 你对这封信有什么看法?2 not know what to make of sth to be confused by something and not understand it 不理解某事物3 make too much of sth to treat a situation as if it is more important than it really is 把某事物看得过于严重,过分重视某事物:◇he doesn't like us to make too much of his birthday. 他不喜欢我们把他的生日看得太重。make off withto steal something 偷走:◇the thieves made off with £3,000 worth of jeans. 小偷们偷走了价值 3,000 英镑的牛仔裤。make out1 [t make sth ↔ out] to be able to hear, see, or understand something 能听出[看出、理解][某事物]:◇i can't make out what the sign says. 我看不懂那个告示是什么意思。2 make a cheque out to sb to write a cheque so that money is paid to a particular person 开支票给某人3 make out (that) informal to say that something is true when it is not 【非正式】 假装; 假称:◇brian was making out he had won. 布赖恩装出一副获胜的样子。4 [i] ame informal to kiss and touch in a sexual way 【美,非正式】 亲吻; 爱抚make up1 [t make sth ↔ up] to invent a story or an excuse 虚构[故事]; 编造[借口]:◇ron made up an excuse so his mother wouldn't be mad. 罗恩编造了一个借口以免他的妈妈发火。2 [t make up sth] to combine together to form something 组成,构成,形成:◇the rocks and minerals that make up the earth's outer layer 构成地壳的岩石和矿物3 make it up to sb to do something good for someone because you feel responsible for something bad that happened to them 补偿某人:◇i'm sorry i forgot your birthday! i promise i'll make it up to you. 我很抱歉忘了你的生日! 我保证会补偿你。4 [i] to become friends with someone again, after an argument [争吵后]和解make up for sth1 to replace something that is lost or missing, or make a bad situation or event seem better 补偿[某事物]:◇he ate a big lunch, in order to make up for missing breakfast. 他午饭吃了很多,把没有吃的早餐补回来。2 to have so much of one quality that it does not matter that you do not have others 弥补[某事物]:◇jay lacks experience, but he makes up for it with hard work. 杰伊缺乏经验,但他用勤奋工作弥补了这点。3 make up for lost time to do something quickly because you started late or worked too slowly 补偿失去的时间 |
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