make

make for

To have or cause to have a particular effect or result

造成，促成：有或促使有某种特定的效果或者结果的

small details that make for comfort.

令人舒适的小节

To help promote; further

帮助提升；推进

makes for better communication.

促进更好的交流

make off

To depart in haste; run away.

急忙离开；跑走

make out

To discern or see, especially with difficulty

辨明：辨明或看清，特别是在有困难的情况下

I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.

在雨中我几乎看不清交通标志

To understand

理解

could not make out what she was saying.

不能理解她在说些什么

To write out; draw up

写下来；列出

made out the invoices.

开具发票

To fill in (a form, for example).

填写（如表格）

&I{Informal} To imply or suggest

【非正式用语】 暗示，建议

You make me out to be a liar.

你暗示我不要说谎

&I{Informal} To try to establish or prove

【非正式用语】 试图建立或者证明

He made out that he was innocent.

他试图证明自己是无辜的

To get along in a given way; fare

进展：在给定的道路上前进；进展

made out well in business.

在生意上进展顺利

&I{Slang}

发生性关系

make over

To redo; renovate.

改装；革新

To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document

转让：改变或者转移所有权，通常是通过法律文件的方式

made over the property to her son.

把财产转到她儿子名下

make up

To put together; construct or compose

整理；建立或捏造

make up a prescription.

开一个药方

To constitute; form

构成；组成

One hundred years make up a century.

一百年构成一个世纪

To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.

用化妆品化妆

To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent

捏造，编造：杜撰小说或谎话；捏造

made up an excuse.

编造借口

To make good (a deficit or lack)

补偿

made up the difference in the bill.

弥补了帐单上的差额

make up the lost time.

补足失去的时间

To resolve a quarrel

和好：平息一场争吵

kissed and made up.

亲吻和好

To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with&I{to}

献殷勤，巴结：提出献殷勤或讨好的建议。和&I{to} 连用

made up to his friend's boss.

向他朋友的老板献殷勤

To take (an examination or a course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.

补考，补课：因为以前缺席或不及格在一段时间后再考或再上课

To set in order

整理，收拾

make up a room.

把房间收拾好

&I{Printing} To select and arrange material for

&I{【印刷术】} 排版，整版

made up the front page.

为封面排版

make with &I{【俚语】}

To bring into use

使用

a flirt making with the eyes.

用眼睛调情

To put forth; produce

长出；制造

always making with the jokes.

总是谈笑风声

be made of money

[often with negative](informal)be very rich

(非正式)非常富有

be made up

(N. English informal)be very pleased; be delighted

(北英格兰，非正式)很高兴，很愉快

we're made up about the baby.

我们因为孩子感到非常高兴。

have (got) it made

(informal)be in a position where success is certain

(非正式)注定成功

because your dad's a manager, he's got it made.

因为你爸爸是经理，他肯定能成功。

make a day (或night) of it

devote a whole day (or night) to an activity, especially an enjoyable one

（尤指愉快地）干（或玩）一整天（或一整夜）

make someone's day

make an otherwise ordinary or dull day pleasingly memorable for someone

使某人的一天过得难忘（或愉快）；使某人的一天生色

make a House

(Brit.)secure the presence of enough members for a quorum or support in the House of Commons

(英)（下议院中）获得达到法定人数的议员到场

make like

(N. Amer. informal)pretend to be; imitate

(北美，非正式)假装；模仿

tell the whole group to make like a bird by putting their arms out.

告诉所有组员张开双臂装作鸟。

make or break

be the factor which decides whether (something) will succeed or fail

不成则败，成功或失败