make for

1. PHRASAL VERB 向…走去;朝…前进
   If you make for a place, you move towards it.
   1. He rose from his seat and made for the door.
      他从椅子上起身向门口走去。
2. PHRASAL VERB 导致;有利于
   If something makes for another thing, it causes or helps to cause that thing to happen or exist.
   1. A happy parent makes for a happy child.
      有快乐的父母，才会有快乐的孩子。

1. Pinch out the tips of the young growths to make for compact, bushy plants.
   掐掉幼株的芽尖以便让它们长得紧凑浓密，呈丛生状。
2. He rose from his seat and made for the door.
   他从椅子上起身向门口走去。
3. A happy parent makes for a happy child.
   有快乐的父母，才会有快乐的孩子。
4. He anxiously desired to have his niece married, to make for her a suitable match.
   他亟想把他内侄女嫁出去，给他找个门当户对的配偶。
5. Good communications normally make for better understanding.
   有益的交流往往有助于更好地相互了解。
6. Dual-core guts make for faster apps and a smoother interface.
   双核处理器使应用程序运行更快，界面也更加流畅。
7. Even within countries, differences between regions make for different markets.
   即便在同一个国家，地区差异也会形成不同的市场。
8. Not to mention that substituting algorithms for doctors would make for really dull TV.
   更不用说一旦用算法取代医生，电视剧将变得多么无趣。
9. That can make for an awfully clumsy email experience, one seemingly overrun by retailer emails, daily deals, and order confirmations.
   这使电子邮件的使用体验变得糟糕透顶，邮箱似乎充斥着零售商的电邮、每日特卖和订货确认信息，简直泛滥成灾。
10. Predictions make for better copy, but not always smarter copy.
    能做出预测固然显得高明，但有时未必是明智之举。
11. As a result, cocoa prices are at a 32-year high, which should make for some very expensive Easter baskets this spring.
    因此，可可价格达到32年来最高位，这将令今年春天的部分复活节礼品篮非常昂贵。
12. It must make for a very complicated pitch process.
    这肯定会让争取交易的过程非常复杂。
13. Opportunities are plentiful for the conflict and resolution that make for a compelling story.
    这个行业充斥着冲突与和解的戏码，这些素材肯定能演绎出动人心弦的故事。
14. Nervous investors make for rough markets.
    投资者的紧张情绪又造就了艰难的市场环境。
15. Or, in other words, just more than Britney Spears will make for two years of judging the X factor.
    换句话说，只是比小甜甜布兰妮•斯皮尔斯担任两年《英国偶像》（TheXFactor）评委的收入高一点。
16. Those tweaks make for a serious speed boost compared to the nook color.
    这些配置使得新款Nook较之老款NookColor速度大大提升。
17. Long days, high salaries and the widespread availability of service startups in the bay area make for some interesting use cases.
    工作时间长，薪水丰厚，还有湾区俯拾皆是的服务类初创公司催生了一些有趣的应用案例。
18. Packed with protein, lentils make for a great, healthy meal.
    小扁豆含有蛋白质，可以做成很好的健康食品。
19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
    所以我们务要追求和睦的事，与彼此建立德行的事。
20. The material insecurities of life make for its spiritual establishment.
    物质的缺乏常是灵力的建设。
21. Change that does not return to policies that empower government to make our choices for us, but that works to ensure that we have choices to make for ourselves.
    变化不是回到那些使政府更加强大，并且让政府替我们做决定的政策中去，而是努力做到我们确保可以为自己作出决定。
22. The results show of all the variations, two girls make for the most harmonious family life as they are unlikely to fight, will play nicely and are generally a pleasure to be around.
    研究结果表明，在各种不同的儿童组合中，两个女儿的双女组合会让家庭生活最和谐。她们不会打架，她们会好好玩，有她们在身边，父母会觉得很开心。
23. The world will make for those who are goal-directed and far-sighted.
    世界会向那些有目标和远见的人让路（冯两努&香港著名推销商）
24. It has often been said that opposites attract but research suggests that initial spark of attraction soon fades and does not make for a long and happy married life.
    人们常说异性相吸，但是调查显示，一时擦出的火花很快就会消退，并不能带来长久而快乐的婚姻生活。
25. It is simply a personal choice that people make for their own reasons.
    那只是别人根据自己的理由做出的私人选择。
26. Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.
    你们要谨慎，免得忘记耶和华你们神与你们所立的约，为自己雕刻偶像，就是耶和华你神所禁止你作的偶像。
27. These attributes make for a robust framework that delivers applications that are reusable, easy to create, and adapt to change with minimal effort.
    这些特征形成了一个可靠的框架，能交付可重用、易用的应用程序，而且这些应用程序只需进行极少工作就能适应各种变更。
28. None of those alternatives make for as compelling a division of labor as the SVG technique here, however.
    但是这些备选方案没有哪一个能像这里的SVG技术那样带来明显的劳动分工。
29. However, it allows the less-disciplined to go dark for long periods, which can make for some rather difficult merge sessions and rework.
    但是，它允许更少纪律性的人员忽略长时间，这使得合并和重复变得更加困难。
30. For communication that always occurs between two peers, repeatedly providing the server address does not make for good programming practice.
    对于两个对等计算机之间长期存在的通信，反复提供服务器地址是不合适的。

verb

1. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
   1. I cannot work a miracle
   2. wreak havoc
   3. bring comments
   4. play a joke
   5. The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

   Synonym:    bringworkplaywreak