Make is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression ‘to make sense’ is explained at ‘sense’.
make 用于构成大量的短语,其释义列于本词典的其他词条下,如 to make sense 的释义见 sense。
1VERB (与大量名词连用,表示做动作、说某事等)做出,作出 You can use make with a wide range of nouns to indicate that someone performs an action or says something. For example, if you make a suggestion, you suggest something. (与大量名词连用,表示做动作、说某事等)做出,作出
I'd just like to make a comment. [VERB noun]
我只想稍加评论。
I made a few phone calls. [VERB noun]
我打了几个电话。
I think you're making a serious mistake. [VERB noun]
我认为你正在犯一个严重的错误。
The Pope said the world had made some progress towards peace in 1991. [VERB noun]
教皇称1991年全世界在争取和平方面有所进展。
Science and technology have made major changes to the way we live. [VERB noun]
科技极大地改变了我们的生活方式。
She had made us an offer too good to refuse. [VERB noun noun]
她开出的条件好得让我们难以回绝。
2VERB (与某些名词连用)把…做(好),把…搞(糟) You can use make with certain nouns to indicate that someone does something well or badly. For example, if you make a success of something, you do it successfully, and if you make a mess of something, you do it very badly. (与某些名词连用)把…做(好),把…搞(糟)
Apparently he made a mess of his audition. [VERB noun + of]
看样子他把试镜搞砸了。
Are you really going to make a better job of it this time? [VERB noun + of]
这一次你真的能做得更好吗?
3VERB 摆出…的姿态;做出…的样子 If you make as if to do something or make to do something, you behave in a way that makes it seem that you are just about to do it. 摆出…的姿态;做出…的样子 [written]
Mary made as if to protest, then hesitated. [Vas if to-inf]
玛丽好像要抗议,却又犹豫了。
He made to chase Davey, who ran back laughing. [VERB to-infinitive]
他假装要去追赶一边往回跑一边大笑的戴维。
4VERB (在板球、棒球、橄榄球比赛中)得(分) In cricket, if a player makes a particular number of runs, they score that number of runs. In baseball or American football, if a player makes a particular score, they achieve that score. (在板球、棒球、橄榄球比赛中)得(分)
5PHRASE 将就使用;凑合着用 If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good. 将就使用;凑合着用
Why make do with a copy if you can afford the genuine article?.
要是买得起真品,为什么还要拿复制品来凑合呢?
We're a bit low on bed linen. You'll have to make do.
我们的床单有些次,您将就着用吧。
6PHRASE 装作;假装;模仿 If you make like you are doing something, you act as if you are doing it, and if you make like someone, you act as if you are that person. 装作;假装;模仿 [informal]
Bob makes like he's a fish blowing bubbles.
鲍勃装成一条吐泡泡的鱼。
Quotations
God has given you one face, and you make yourselves anotherWilliam ShakespeareHamlet
Most women are not so young as they are paintedMax Beerbohm
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cook and make
Cook is used when referring to the preparation of food using a process involving heat. If preparation only involves assembling ingredients which may have previously been cooked, then make is used. 'Who made this salad? It's delicious!' 'Oh, I just threw it together while I was cooking/making the rest of the dinner.'
3VERB 使成为(某种人或物);使具有(某种特性) You use make to talk about causing someone or something to be a particular thing or to have a particular quality. For example, to make someone a star means to cause them to become a star, and to make someone angry means to cause them to become angry. 使成为(某种人或物);使具有(某种特性)
...James Bond, the role that made him a star. [VERB noun noun]
詹姆斯·邦德—这个使他一举成名的角色
He returned to Chicago, and made it his base for the rest of his life. [VERB noun noun]
他回到了芝加哥,在那里度过了余生。
She made life very difficult for me. [VERB noun adj.ive]
她使我的日子变得举步维艰。
She's made it obvious that she's appalled by me. [V n adj that]
她坦言被我吓着了。
Rationing has made it easier to find some products like eggs, butter and meat. [V n adj to-inf]
定量配给使得购买鸡蛋、黄油和肉类等产品更加便捷。
Does your film make a hero of Jim Garrison? [VERB noun + of]
您的影片是否将杰姆·加里森塑造成一名英雄人物?
4VERB 使显得;使看上去 If you say that one thing or person makes another seem, for example, small, stupid, or good, you mean that they cause them to seem small, stupid, or good in comparison, even though they are not. 使显得;使看上去
They live in fantasy worlds which make Euro Disney seem uninventive. [V n inf adj/prep/n]
他们生活在幻想的世界里,相形之下连欧洲迪士尼乐园都显得毫无创意。
Since he came to live with me, we have been subject to a campaign of spite and revenge which makes Lady Sarah appear angelic by comparison. [V n inf adj/prep/n]
自从他来与我同住,我们之间便摩擦不断;相比之下,萨拉夫人倒显得一副菩萨心肠。
5VERB 使自己(被理解、听见、知晓等) If you make yourself understood, heard, or known, you succeed in getting people to understand you, hear you, or know that you are there. 使自己(被理解、听见、知晓等)
Aron couldn't speak Polish. I made myself understood with difficulty. [V pron-refl -ed]
阿伦不会说波兰语,我为了让他明白我的话很是费了一番力气。
He almost had to shout to make himself heard above the music. [V pron-refl -ed]
为了压过音乐声,他几乎得大声喊才能让人听见。
6VERB 委任;任命 If you make someone something, you appoint them to a particular job, role, or position. 委任;任命
Mr Blair made him transport minister. [VERB noun noun]
布莱尔先生任命他为交通部长。
If I am made chairman, I hope Simon will stay on as my trusted lieutenant. [VERB noun noun]
7VERB 把…变成;使…成为 If you make something into something else, you change it in some way so that it becomes that other thing. 把…变成;使…成为
We made it into a beautiful home. [VERB noun + into]
我们把这里变成了美丽的家园。
Her bestseller 'Peachtree Road' is soon to be made into a television mini-series. [VERB noun into noun]
她的畅销小说《桃树路》不久将被拍成一部电视系列短剧。
8VERB 使(总数)升为;使(分数)达到 To make a total or score a particular amount means to increase it to that amount. 使(总数)升为;使(分数)达到
This makes the total cost of the bulb and energy £27. [V n amount]
这使灯泡与电费合计为27英镑。
Lupescu scored from 20 yards and then Balint made it 4-0. [V n amount]
卢佩斯库在20码处射门得分,接着巴林特将比分扩大为4比0。
9VERB 交(朋友);树(敌);结(仇) When someone makes a friend or an enemy, someone becomes their friend or their enemy, often because of a particular thing they have done. 交(朋友);树(敌);结(仇)
Lorenzo was a natural leader who made friends easily. [VERB noun]
洛伦佐是天生的领袖,善于交友。
He was unruly in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers. [VERB noun + of]
他因上课调皮捣蛋而成为大多数老师的眼中钉。
10PHRASE 成功;胜利 If someone makes something of themselves or makes something of their life, they become successful. 成功;胜利
My father lived long enough to see that I'd made something of myself.
父亲在有生之年见证了我出人头地的那一天。
The nuns who taught him urged him to make something of his life and he did.
7VERB (某事物)使(其他事物)变得成功 If something makes something else, it is responsible for the success of that thing. (某事物)使(其他事物)变得成功
What really makes the book are the beautiful designs. [VERB noun]
真正让这本书大获成功的是它精美的设计。
8N-COUNT (汽车、收音机等的)品牌 The make of something such as a car or radio is the name of the company that made it. →see usage note at:brand(汽车、收音机等的)品牌
The only car parked outside is a black Saab — a different make.
停在外面的只有一辆黑色的萨博—不是一个牌子的车。
...a certain make of wristwatch.
某种品牌的手表
9PHRASE (可能以非法或不道德手段)拼命追求金钱(或权力) If you say that someone is on the make, you disapprove of them because they are trying to get a lot of money or power, possibly by illegal or immoral methods. (可能以非法或不道德手段)拼命追求金钱(或权力) [disapproval]
1V-LINK 有资格成为;足以成为 You can use make to say that someone or something has the right qualities for a particular task or role. For example, if you say that someone will make a good politician, you mean that they have the right qualities to be a good politician. 有资格成为;足以成为
She'll make a good actress, if she gets the right training. [VERB noun]
如果训练得当,她会成为一名出色的演员。
You've a very good idea there. It will make a good book. [VERB noun]
你构思很好,可用来写一本佳作。
Instructors decided he would never make a pilot. [VERB noun]
教练断定他永远也当不了飞行员。
I'm very fond of Maurice and I'd make him a good wife. [VERB noun noun]
1VERB 成为…的一员;加入;谋得(高级职务) If someone makes a particular team or makes a particular high position, they do so well that they are put in that team or get that position. 成为…的一员;加入;谋得(高级职务)
The athletes are just happy to make the British team. [VERB noun]
运动员们很乐意加入英国国家队。
He knew he was never going to make director. [VERB noun]
他明白自己永远也当不了导演。
SYN gain a place in, achieve a place in, get into, attain a place in
2VERB 赶到;(及时)到达 If you make a place in or by a particular time, you get there in or by that time, often with some difficulty. 赶到;(及时)到达
They were trying to make New Orleans by nightfall. [VERB noun prep.]
他们力图在黄昏前赶到新奥尔良。
3PHRASE (及时)到达(尤指来得及做某事) If you make it somewhere, you succeed in getting there, especially in time to do something. (及时)到达(尤指来得及做某事)
So you did make it to America, after all.
那么,你终究还是成功地来到了美国。
...the hostages who never made it home.
再也没能重返家园的人质
I just made it!
我可到了!
4PHRASE (经历艰难困苦后)成功 If you make it, you are successful in achieving something difficult, or in surviving through a very difficult period. (经历艰难困苦后)成功
I believe I have the talent to make it.
我相信自己有成功的天分。
You're brave and courageous. You can make it.
你勇敢无畏,一定会获得成功。
5PHRASE 及时赶上参加 If you cannot make it, you are unable to attend an event that you have been invited to. 及时赶上参加
'I can't make it,' she said. 'That's Mother's Day.'.