- make
- [meɪk]
1. (pt, pp - made); vt
1) (produce, form) [+ object, clothes, cake] 做 [zuò]
Sheila makes her own bread. — 希拉自己做面包。; [+ noise] 制造 [zhìzào]
We made a terrible racket as we came out of the club. — 我们大声喧哗着出了夜总会。; [+ speech] 发表 [fābiǎo]
He made a speech about the need for unity. — 他发表了有关统一之必要的演讲。; [+ remark, suggestion] 提出 [tíchū]
May I make a suggestion? — 我能提个建议吗？; [+ mistake] 犯 [fàn]
You have made a terrible mistake. — 你犯了个严重的错误。
2) (manufacture) [+ goods] 生产 [shēngchǎn]The firm makes a wide range of electrical goods. — 这家公司生产各种电器产品。
3) (cause to be)*
to make sb sad — 使某人难过 [shǐ mǒurén nánguò]The whole business makes me really angry. — 整件事使我实在恼火。
4)* to make sb famous — 使某人成名 [shǐ mǒurén chéngmíng]
James Bond, the role that made Sean Connery a star — 詹姆士·邦德，这个使肖恩·康纳利成名的角色
5)* to make sth into sth — 将某物改成某物 [jiāng mǒuwù gǎichéng mǒuwù]
a disused factory that was made into an art gallery — 一座废弃的工厂被改成了美术馆
6) (force)*
to make sb do sth — 促使某人做某事 [cùshǐ mǒurén zuò mǒushì]7) (earn) [+ money] 挣 [zhèng]He was making nine hundred dollars a week. — 他一周挣900美元。
8) (equal)*
2 and 2 make 4 — 2加2等于4 [èrjiā'èr děngyú sì]9) [+ friend, enemy] 结交 [jiéjiāo]I made some good friends at the conference. — 我在会上结交了一些好朋友。
On his first day at school he made friends with a girl called Janet. — 他在上学的头一天结交了一位叫珍妮特的女孩。
10) (cause to be successful) 使成功 [shǐ chénggōng]What really makes the book are the illustrations. — 真正使这本书成功的是它的插图。
Meeting you has really made my day! — 能认识你实在是我今天最高兴的事!
11) (be, constitute) 成为 [chéngwéi]2. n; cShe'll make a good teacher. — 她将会成为一名好老师。
(brand) 牌子 [páizi]She couldn't tell what make of car he was driving. — 她看不出他开的是辆什么牌子的车。
*
to make a profit/loss — 赢利/赔钱*
to make one's bed — 铺床*
to make a fool of sb — 愚弄某人*
to make it — (arrive) 及时抵达; (succeed) 达成目标; (in life) 成功*
what time do you make it? — 你表几点了？*
to make good — (succeed) 有成就He was born poor but made good and went to the States. — 他出身贫苦，但后来颇有成就并去了美国。; (carry out) [+ threat, promise] 履行
Arkoff made good his promise. — 阿考夫履行了他的诺言。; (put right) [+ damage, loss] 弥补
Three years was a short time in which to make good the deficiencies. — 用3年时间弥补亏空是很短的。
*
to make do with sth — 将就某事*
it's made (out) of glass — 是玻璃做的*
to have (got) it made — (inf) 有成功的把握Phrasal Verbs:- make for- make of- make off- make out- make up
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
