make up
- v. 弥补；和解；编造；整理；化妆；拼凑成
详细释义
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form or compose;
"This money is my only income"
"The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"
"These constitute my entire belonging"
"The children made up the chorus"
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"
"These few men comprise his entire army"
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devise or compose;
"This designer makes up our Spring collections"
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do or give something to somebody in return;
"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
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make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point;
"I have to make up a French exam"
"Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
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make up something artificial or untrue
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put in order or neaten;
"make the bed"
"make up a room"
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adjust for;
"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
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come to terms;
"After some discussion we finally made up"
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apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier;
"She makes herself up every morning"
双语例句
- 1. We need one more person to make up a team.
- 我们还需要一个人才能组成一个队。
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- 2. Nothing can make up for the loss of a child.
- 失去一个孩子是任何东西都无法弥补的。
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- 3. She tried to make up for her shabby treatment of him.
- 她先前待他不好，这时候想弥补一下。
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- 4. After all the delays, we were anxious to make up for lost time.
- 耽搁了这么久，我们急着想弥补失去的时间。
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- 5. Mrs. Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday.
- 哈迪太太赶紧问她的客人假期过得如何，以弥补此前不得体的言行。
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- 6. Why don't you two kiss and make up ?
- 你们两个干吗不和好算了？
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- 7. Muslims make up 55% of the population.
- 穆斯林占人口的55%。
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- 8. I'll make up the bed in your old room.
- 我会把你以前房间的床铺收拾好。
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- 9. Be your own man. Make up your own mind.
- 做自己的主人，自己做决定吧。
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- 10. Everyone gets a chance to make up tests.
- 每个人都有一次补考的机会。
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- 11. Women make up 56% of the student numbers.
- 女生占学生人数的56%。
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- 12. The pharmacist will make up your prescription.
- 药剂师会给你依处方配药。
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- 13. They have nineteen days to make up their minds.
- 他们有十九天的时间来做出决定。
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- 14. Can you make up a foursome for tennis tomorrow?
- 你们明天能凑足四人打网球吗？
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- 15. They're both beautiful—I can't make up my mind.
- 两个都很漂亮—我难以决定。
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- 16. How can I make up for the way I've treated you?
- 我这样对你，该怎么向你表示歉意呢？
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- 17. They needed to make up ground on their competitors.
- 他们必须穷追猛赶竞争对手。
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- 18. I can't abide people who can't make up their minds.
- 我无法容忍下定不了决心的人。
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- 19. They'll have to make up time lost during the strike.
- 他们将不得不补上因罢工失去的时间。
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- 20. Women officers make up 13 percent of the police force.
- 女警察构成警力的13%。
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- 21. I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
- 我认为你编造关于他的故事是很不友好的。
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- 22. We had to wait for the pharmacist to make up her prescription.
- 我们只得等药剂师给她配好药。
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- 23. Can I leave early this afternoon and make up the time tomorrow?
- 我今天下午早点儿走，明天补上这段时间，可以吗？
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- 24. Well, make up your mind. Which do you want? This one or that one?
- 哎，拿定主意。你要哪一个？这个还是那个？
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- 25. The government has refused to make up a $30,000 shortfall in funding.
- 政府已经拒绝补足3万美元的资金短缺。
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- 26. His parents are trying to make up to him for the restrictions of urban living.
- 他的父母正试图为城市生活的诸多限制而补偿他。
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- 27. The Chinese make up the largest single ethnic group in the city's public classrooms.
- 华人在该市公立学校的课堂中构成最大的一个族群。
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- 28. Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind.
- 很多人都为他用这么长的时间才下定决心感到吃惊。
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- 29. Retail stores usually count on the Christmas season to make up to half of their annual profits.
- 零售商店通常指望圣诞节期间来赚取一半的年利润。
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- 30. He treated us as autonomous individuals who had to learn to make up our own minds about issues.
- 他视我们为独立个体，必须学会自主处理问题。
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- I tried to make up for my loss.
我力图补偿我的损失。 - Let's make up.
让我们言归于好吧。 - The boy made up a story, it is not true.
这个故事不是真的,是那个男孩编造出来的。 - Leave this notice hanging on your door, asking the servant to make up your room.
留张便条挂在你房门上, 请服务员把你的房间整理一下。 - I don't like to see women making up in public.
我不喜欢看见女人在公开场合化妆打扮。 - Farm workers make up only a small section of the population.
农民只占人口的一小部分。
用法讲解
- make up one's mind 下决心,打定主意...
- make up to 接近
- make up for 补偿
- make it up to someone 补偿
- make up leeway 弥补失去的时间,摆脱...
- make it up 和解
- make up 弥补
- make up a fire 添燃料使火烧旺...
- have much leeway to make up 要花许多力量才能赶上...
相关词汇
- invent 发明
- fabricate 编造
- atone 补偿
- devise 设计
- improvise 即兴创作
- hatch 孵化
- consist 由 ... 组成
- forge 锻造
- compound 化合物
- compose 作曲
- coin 硬币
- compensate 补偿
- pay 支付
- cook up 编造
- represent 表现
- constitute 构成
- pay off 偿清(欠款等)...
- reconcile 调和
- catch up with 赶上
- correct 正确的
- make 做
- comprise 构成
- patch up 修补
- even up 使平, 使相等...
- settle 解决
- be 有
- manufacture （手工）制造...
- conciliate 安抚
- counterbalance 平衡
- even out (使)相等
- war paint 出征化妆
- makeup 化妆品
