词汇天天练：搞定Make词组

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Make for (Something)   前往/促成

1. = to move towards something or a place   前往

• Make for the hills, a tsunami is approaching!   快到丘陵那里去，海啸就要来了！

• He made for his apartment a couple of hours ago.   他几小时前就回公寓了。

2. = to contribute to, lead to or cause a result or situation.   促成

• Shakespeare's writing makes for a difficult read.   莎士比亚的作品很难懂。

• Both candidates are popular so it should make for an interesting election.

这两位候选人都很受欢迎，这次选举会非常有趣。

Make (somebody/something) into (somebody/something)   改变(或转变)某人(或某物)；把(某材料)做成(某物)

1. = to convert one thing into another thing   把...变为

• His parents made his bedroom into a billiards room once he moved out.   一旦他搬出去，他的父母就会把他的卧室变为台球室。

• His father said that joining the army would make him into a real man, but he was wrong.

他父亲说参军会让他变为一个真正的男子汉，但他错了。
 

Make (something) out   看出;听出/填写

1. = to just be able to hear, read or see something    (费力地) 看出; 听出；读出

• He spoke so quietly we could hardly make out what he was saying.

他的声音很小，我们很难听出他在说什么。

• If you can make out the billboard from such a distance you really have excellent vision.

如果你从这里可以看到黑板，就证明你的视力非常好。

2. = to fill out the details of a document (usually a check)   填写

• You can make out the cheque to Woodward Ltd.   你可以给Woodward Ltd写张支票。

Make (something) out to be   声称，断言

1. = to claim; to assert

• He makes himself out to be an important artist but his paintings are utter garbage.

他声称自己是一位伟大的艺术家，但他的作品一文不值。

• I think the critics make that movie out to be more profound than it really is.

我认为评论家声称这部电影比它的自身更为有影响力。

Make of   理解/从某事物中得出观点

1. = to try to understand and find a reason for something   理解

• I don't know what to make of her suddenly unfriendly attitude towards me.   我不知道要怎么理解她突然不友善的态度。

• Can you make anything of these ruins?   你能从这些遗迹中发现什么吗？

2. = to think and have an opinion about something   从某事物中得出观点  

• What do you make of the new policy the president signed?   你认为总统签署的新政策代表着什么？

Make off   (常指为逃离而) 尽快离开

1. = To hurry away, especially in order to escape

• The thieves had to make off in their car when the police arrived.   警察赶到时，小偷已经弃车而逃。

• The pop star made off from the concert before the fans could find him.   在粉丝发现他前，这位流行歌手就已经匆匆离开了。

Make off with   偷走

1. = To steal something and (quickly) take it away.

• The looters made off with all the laptops that were in the computer store.

抢劫者偷走了电脑商场里的所有笔记本。

Make (somebody) out   理解某人的性格

1. = To understand a person's character

• Since she is normally quiet and reserved it is hard to make her out.

她通常很安静，而且有所保留，因此很难知道她是怎样的人。

Make (something) over to (somebody)   转让

1. = Transfer ownership

• The government of Mugabe made all the lands of the whites over to black African farmers.

穆加比政府将所有白人的土地转让给了非洲农民。

Make up  

1. = the composition of something   构成

• The committee was made up of all the regional managers.   委员会由所有的区域经理组成。

2. = combination of qualities that form a part of someone's character   性格

• Flexibility and integrity are key elements of her make up.   她主要的特点是灵活性和一体性。

3. = to apply make up, rouge, powder, eyeliner, etc. Also to make somebody up   化妆

• The actors must make themselves up before going on stage.   演员上台前一定要化妆。

4. = to invent a story, usually to deceive or entertain   编故事

• My four year old niece is always making up stories, last week she told me that she and her friends flew to the moon.

我四岁的侄女经常编故事，上周她告诉我她和她的朋友飞到了月球。

5. = To form or constitute something   组成

• The class is made up of three sections of conversation and two sections of written exercises.

这堂课由三部分组成：一部分是对话，其余两部分是写作练习。

6. = a required number or an amount to complete something   补足 (某数量)

• We need two more people to make up a football team.   我们还需要两个人才能组成一个足球队。

7. = To prepare a bed (or something) for use   铺 (床)

• The room is tidy, I just have to make up the bed for you.   房间很干净，你只要铺一下床就可以住了。

8. = To put something together from many different things   配制 (食物、药等)

• Let's make up an Easter basket for your nephew.   让我们来给你侄子做个复活节花篮吧。

9. = To become friendly with someone again, usually after an argument or fight.   和好

• After three years without talking to each other, they finally made up.   他们三年没说过话，现在终于和好了。

Make up for   补偿

1. = the compensate for something; to replace something lost

• I know I ruined your favourite dress but I hope this new one I bought you makes up for it.

我知道我弄坏了你最喜欢的裙子，希望这条新的可以补偿你。

• What she lacked in experience, she made up for in the way she learns quickly.

她的快速学习能力弥补了她缺乏经验的不足。