第1个回答 2013-10-24
make for(tr)向……走去: The escaped prisoner was making for the coast. 越狱犯正向海岸逃去。 make off(intr) 逃跑(指贼等): The boys made off when they saw the policemen. 男孩子们一看见警察,就拔腿跑了。 make out(tr) (a)弄清意义,清楚地理解、看见、听见等: I can’t make out the dress,he has written it so badly.(make the ad-dress out/make it out) 我看不清地址,他写得太潦草了。 Can you hear what the man with the loud-hailer is saying?I can’t makeit out at all. 你听得出那个拿着电喇叭的人在说什么吗?我一点也听不清楚。 I can’t make out why he isn’t here yet. 我搞不明白他为什么还没有到这儿来。
(b)说(可能是瞎说,也可能是夸大其辞): He made out that he was a student looking for a job.We later learnt thatthis wasn’t true at all. 他说他是个在找工作的大学生。后来我们获悉这根本不是事实。 The English climate isn’t so bad as some people like to make out. 英国的天气不像某些人喜欢说的那么糟。 (c)开支票: Customer:Who shall I make it out to? 顾客:我支票抬头怎么写?
Shopkeeper:Make it out to Jones and Company. 店主:就写付给琼斯公司好了。 make up one’s mind 下定决心,做出决定,做出决断: In the end he made up his mind to go by train. 最后他决定坐火车去。 make up a quarrel/make it up 终止争吵,言归于好: Isn’t it time you and Ann made up your quarrel?(made it up) 不是到了你和安该言归于好的时候了吗? make up a story/excuse/explanation 捏造,编出一个故事/借口/解释: I don’t believe your story at all.I think you are just making it up. 我根本不信你说的事。我认为你不过是在编造。 make up(tr/intr) 化妆,化装: Most women make up/make up their faces.(make their faces up/makethem up) 妇女大多数都化妆。 Actors have to be made up before they appear on stage. 演员们在出场前必需有人给他们化装.
Take this prescription to the chemist’s.They will make it up for youthere.(make up the prescription/make the prescription up) 把这药方拿到药房。他们会给你配药的。 Notice(in tailor’s window):Customers’own materials made up. (裁缝店橱窗内的)告示:为顾客来料加工。 The audience was made up of very young children. 观众都是很小的孩子们。 make up for(tr) 为……补偿(常以it为宾语): You’ll have to work very hard today to make up for the time you wastedyesterday/to make up for being late yesterday. 为了补偿昨天你们浪费的时间/为了补偿昨天你们迟到一事,今天你们得非常努力地干活。 We aren’t allowed to drink when we are in training but we intend tomake up for it after the race is over. 我们在训练期间不许喝酒,但是我们准备一旦比赛结束就将其补上。 (到那时要多喝些)