makes

CARRYING OUT AN ACTION 做动作

Make is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression ‘to make sense’ is explained at ‘sense’.
make 用于构成大量的短语，其释义列于本词典的其他词条下，如 to make sense 的释义见 sense。

1. VERB (与大量名词连用，表示做动作、说某事等)做出，作出
   You can use make with a wide range of nouns to indicate that someone performs an action or says something. For example, if you make a suggestion, you suggest something.
   1. I'd just like to make a comment...
      我只想稍加评论。
   2. I made a few phone calls...
      我打了几个电话。
   3. I think you're making a serious mistake...
      我认为你正在犯一个严重的错误。
   4. The Pope said the world had made some progress towards peace in 1991...
      教皇称1991年全世界在争取和平方面有所进展。
   5. Science and technology have made major changes to the way we live...
      科技极大地改变了我们的生活方式。
   6. She had made us an offer too good to refuse.
      她开出的条件好得让我们难以回绝。
2. VERB (与某些名词连用)把…做(好)，把…搞(糟)
   You can use make with certain nouns to indicate that someone does something well or badly. For example, if you make a success of something, you do it successfully, and if you make a mess of something, you do it very badly.
   1. Apparently he made a mess of his audition...
      看样子他把试镜搞砸了。
   2. Are you really going to make a better job of it this time?
      这一次你真的能做得更好吗？
3. VERB 摆出…的姿态;做出…的样子
   If you make as if to do something or make to do something, you behave in a way that makes it seem that you are just about to do it.
   1. Mary made as if to protest, then hesitated...
      玛丽好像要抗议，却又犹豫了。
   2. He made to chase Davey, who ran back laughing.
      他假装要去追赶一边往回跑一边大笑的戴维。
4. VERB (在板球、棒球、橄榄球比赛中)得(分)
   In cricket, if a player makes a particular number of runs, they score that number of runs. In baseball or American football, if a player makes a particular score, they achieve that score.
   1. He made 1,972 runs for the county.
      他为本郡赢得了1,972分。
5. PHRASE 将就使用；凑合着用
   If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good.
   1. Why make do with a copy if you can afford the genuine article?...
      要是买得起真品，为什么还要拿复制品来凑合呢？
   2. We're a bit low on bed linen. You'll have to make do.
      我们的床单有些次，您将就着用吧。
6. PHRASE 装作;假装;模仿
   If you make like you are doing something, you act as if you are doing it, and if you make like someone, you act as if you are that person.
   1. Bob makes like he's a fish blowing bubbles.
      鲍勃装成一条吐泡泡的鱼。

CAUSING OR CHANGING 致使;改变

1. VERB 使;致使
   If something makes you do something, it causes you to do it.
   1. Grit from the highway made him cough...
      公路上扬起的沙子呛得他咳嗽起来。
   2. The white tips of his shirt collar made him look like a choirboy...
      衬衫的白色尖领使他看上去像个唱诗班的男童。
   3. I was made to feel guilty and irresponsible.
      我被弄得心生内疚，觉得自己很不负责任。
2. VERB 迫使;强迫
   If you make someone do something, you force them to do it.
   1. Mama made him clean up the plate...
      妈妈要他把盘子洗干净。
   2. You can't make me do anything...
      你不能强迫我做任何事情。
   3. They were made to pay $8.8 million in taxes.
      他们被迫缴纳880万美元的税款。
3. VERB 使成为(某种人或物);使具有(某种特性)
   You use make to talk about causing someone or something to be a particular thing or to have a particular quality. For example, to make someone a star means to cause them to become a star, and to make someone angry means to cause them to become angry.
   1. ...James Bond, the role that made him a star...
      詹姆斯·邦德——这个使他一举成名的角色
   2. He returned to Chicago, and made it his base for the rest of his life...
      他回到了芝加哥，在那里度过了余生。
   3. She made life very difficult for me...
      她使我的日子变得举步维艰。
   4. She's made it obvious that she's appalled by me...
      她坦言被我吓着了。
   5. Rationing has made it easier to find some products like eggs, butter and meat...
      定量配给使得购买鸡蛋、黄油和肉类等产品更加便捷。
   6. Does your film make a hero of Jim Garrison?
      您的影片是否将杰姆·加里森塑造成一名英雄人物？
4. VERB 使显得;使看上去
   If you say that one thing or person makes another seem, for example, small, stupid, or good, you mean that they cause them to seem small, stupid, or good in comparison, even though they are not.
   1. They live in fantasy worlds which make Euro Disney seem uninventive...
      他们生活在幻想的世界里，相形之下连欧洲迪士尼乐园都显得毫无创意。
   2. Since he came to live with me, we have been subject to a campaign of spite and revenge which makes Lady Sarah appear angelic by comparison.
      自从他来与我同住，我们之间便摩擦不断;相比之下，萨拉夫人倒显得一副菩萨心肠。
5. VERB 使自己(被理解、听见、知晓等)
   If you make yourself understood, heard, or known, you succeed in getting people to understand you, hear you, or know that you are there.
   1. Aron couldn't speak Polish. I made myself understood with difficulty...
      阿伦不会说波兰语，我为了让他明白我的话很是费了一番力气。
   2. He almost had to shout to make himself heard above the music.
      为了压过音乐声，他几乎得大声喊才能让人听见。
6. VERB 委任;任命
   If you make someone something, you appoint them to a particular job, role, or position.
   1. Mr Blair made him transport minister...
      布莱尔先生任命他为交通部长。
   2. If I am made chairman, I hope Simon will stay on as my trusted lieutenant.
      如果我当主席，我希望西蒙作为我信赖的副官，继续留在我的身边。
7. VERB 把…变成;使…成为
   If you make something into something else, you change it in some way so that it becomes that other thing.
   1. We made it into a beautiful home...
      我们把这里变成了美丽的家园。
   2. Her bestseller 'Peachtree Road' is soon to be made into a television mini-series.
      她的畅销小说《桃树路》不久将被拍成一部电视系列短剧。
8. VERB 使(总数)升为;使(分数)达到
   To make a total or score a particular amount means to increase it to that amount.
   1. This makes the total cost of the bulb and energy £27...
      这使灯泡与电费合计为27英镑。
   2. Lupescu scored from 20 yards and then Balint made it 4-0.
      卢佩斯库在20码处射门得分，接着巴林特将比分扩大为4比0。
9. VERB 交(朋友);树(敌);结(仇)
   When someone makes a friend or an enemy, someone becomes their friend or their enemy, often because of a particular thing they have done.
   1. Lorenzo was a natural leader who made friends easily...
      洛伦佐是天生的领袖，善于交友。
   2. He was unruly in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers.
      他因上课调皮捣蛋而成为大多数老师的眼中钉。
10. PHRASE 成功;胜利
    If someone makes something of themselves or makes something of their life, they become successful.
    1. My father lived long enough to see that I'd made something of myself...
       父亲在有生之年见证了我出人头地的那一天。
    2. The nuns who taught him urged him to make something of his life and he did.
       教他念书的修女激励他努力上进，他最终取得了成功。
11. to make friends → see: friend

CREATING OR PRODUCING 生产;制造

1. VERB 制造;建造;创造
   To make something means to produce, construct, or create it.
   1. She made her own bread...
      她自己做面包。
   2. Nissan now makes cars at two plants in Europe...
      目前日产公司在欧洲有两家工厂生产汽车。
   3. Having curtains made professionally can be costly...
      找专业公司制作窗帘会非常昂贵。
   4. They make compost out of all kinds of waste.
      他们用各种废料制造堆肥。
2. VERB 拍摄(电影);制作(电视节目)
   If someone makes a film or television programme, they are involved in creating or producing it.
   1. We are making a film about wildlife.
      我们正在拍摄一部关于野生动物的影片。
   2. ...the film 'Queen Christina', made in 1934.
      1934年出品的影片《克里斯蒂娜女王》
3. VERB 做(饭);准备(饮料)
   If you make a meal or a drink, you prepare it.
   1. You wash while I make some lunch...
      你洗一下，我去做午饭。
   2. Would you like me to make us all a coffee?
      我给大家冲杯咖啡好吗？
4. VERB 写(便条);记(笔记);列(名单)
   If you make a note or list, you write something down in that form.
   1. Mr Perry made a note in his book...
      佩里先生在他的书上作了一个注解。
   2. Make a list of your questions beforehand.
      事先列出你的问题。
5. VERB 制定，规定（规则、法律等）
   If you make rules or laws, you decide what these should be.
   1. The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them...
      警察并不制定法律，只是负责执行。
   2. The only person who makes rules in this house is me.
      这座房子里就我说了算。
6. VERB 挣(钱);赚(钱)
   If you make money, you get it by working for it, by selling something, or by winning it.
   1. I think every business's goal is to make money...
      我认为各家公司的目的都是赚钱。
   2. How much did we make?...
      我们挣了多少？
   3. Can it be moral to make so much money out of a commodity which is essential to life?
      靠着一种生活必需品赚这么多钱，这在道德上说得过去吗？
7. VERB (某事物)使(其他事物)变得成功
   If something makes something else, it is responsible for the success of that thing.
   1. What really makes the book are the beautiful designs.
      真正让这本书大获成功的是它精美的设计。
8. N-COUNT (汽车、收音机等的)品牌
   The make of something such as a car or radio is the name of the company that made it.
   1. The only car parked outside is a black Saab — a different make.
      停在外面的只有一辆黑色的萨博——不是一个牌子的车。
   2. ...a certain make of wristwatch.
      某种品牌的手表
9. （可能以非法或不道德手段）拼命追求金钱(或权力）
   If you say that someone is on the make, you disapprove of them because they are trying to get a lot of money or power, possibly by illegal or immoral methods.

LINK VERB USES 连系动词用法

1. V-LINK 有资格成为；足以成为
   You can use make to say that someone or something has the right qualities for a particular task or role. For example, if you say that someone will make a good politician, you mean that they have the right qualities to be a good politician.
   1. She'll make a good actress, if she gets the right training...
      如果训练得当，她会成为一名出色的演员。
   2. You've a very good idea there. It will make a good book...
      你构思很好，可用来写一本佳作。
   3. Instructors decided he would never make a pilot...
      教练断定他永远也当不了飞行员。
   4. I'm very fond of Maurice and I'd make him a good wife.
      我非常喜欢莫里斯，我会成为他的贤内助的。
2. V-LINK 组成;形成;排列成
   If people make a particular pattern such as a line or a circle, they arrange themselves in this way.
   1. A group of people made a circle around the Pentagon.
      一群人在五角大楼四周围成一圈。
3. V-LINK 等于;成为
   You can use make to say what two numbers add up to.
   1. Four twos make eight...
      4乘以2等于8。
   2. He is adding three aircraft carriers—that makes six in all.
      他准备增加3艘航空母舰，这样一来总共就有6艘。

ACHIEVING OR REACHING 达到;到达

1. VERB 成为…的一员;加入;谋得（高级职务）
   If someone makes a particular team or makes a particular high position, they do so well that they are put in that team or get that position.
   1. The athletes are just happy to make the British team...
      运动员们很乐意加入英国国家队。
   2. He knew he was never going to make director.
      他明白自己永远也当不了导演。
2. VERB 赶到;(及时)到达
   If you make a place in or by a particular time, you get there in or by that time, often with some difficulty.
   1. They were trying to make New Orleans by nightfall.
      他们力图在黄昏前赶到新奥尔良。
3. PHRASE (及时)到达（尤指来得及做某事）
   If you make it somewhere, you succeed in getting there, especially in time to do something.
   1. So you did make it to America, after all.
      那么，你终究还是成功地来到了美国。
   2. ...the hostages who never made it home...
      再也没能重返家园的人质
   3. I just made it!
      我可到了！
4. PHRASE （经历艰难困苦后）成功
   If you make it, you are successful in achieving something difficult, or in surviving through a very difficult period.
   1. I believe I have the talent to make it...
      我相信自己有成功的天分。
   2. You're brave and courageous. You can make it.
      你勇敢无畏，一定会获得成功。
5. PHRASE 及时赶上参加
   If you cannot make it, you are unable to attend an event that you have been invited to.
   1. 'I can't make it,' she said. 'That's Mother's Day.'...
      “我无法赴约了，”她说，“那天是母亲节。”
   2. He hadn't been able to make it to our dinner.
      他没能出席我们的晚宴。

STATING AN AMOUNT OR TIME 报出数字;显示时间

1. VERB 算，猜(数字)
   You use make it when saying what you calculate or guess an amount to be.
   1. All I want to know is how many T-shirts Jim Martin has got. I make it three...
      我就想知道吉姆·马丁一共有多少件T恤衫。我猜他有3件。
   2. I make the total for the year £9,599.
      我算出当年的总额为9,599英镑。
2. VERB (根据自己的表)时间为…
   You use make it when saying what time your watch says it is.
   1. I make it nearly 9.30...
      我的手表显示快9点半了。
   2. 'What time d'you make it?' — 'Thirteen past.'
      “你的表几点？”——“整点过13分钟。”

PHRASAL VERBS 短语动词

1. He makes up his own blends of flour.
   他自己和了一些面粉。
2. It is a complex system, but it certainly makes a change
   这是个复杂的体系，不过确实有所改变。
3. It's that kind of courage and determination that makes him such a remarkable character
   就是那种勇气和决心使他成为如此了不起的人。
4. So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list
   那么，是什么造就了美满的婚姻呢？结果表明忠诚是第一位的。
5. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.
   成为作家要有天分，但更要有创作的冲动。
6. This makes the surfboards more controllable.
   这会让冲浪板更好控制。
7. Taylor's company makes data-processing systems.
   泰勒的公司开发数据处理系统。
8. She makes scones and cakes for the delectation of visitors.
   她烘制了烤饼和蛋糕供客人享用。
9. So tell me what this molecule does that makes it special
   那么告诉我这个分子有何作用而使其与众不同。
10. I don't know why everybody makes such a fuss about a few mosquitoes
    我不知道为什么大家对几只蚊子大惊小怪的。
11. If this makes sense to our leaders, then heaven help us all
    如果我们的领导人认为这是合情合理的，那么谁也帮不了我们了。
12. The only person who makes rules in this house is me.
    这座房子里就我说了算。
13. Her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame
    她丈夫把作品装裱在绒纸上，并制作了画框。
14. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
    这使将我们自己的规定凌驾于该国收养法之上的做法显得十分荒谬。
15. We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes
    布伦基特先生提出的观点我们一个都不同意。
16. Dave Hill's article makes the right point about the Taylor Report
    戴夫·希尔的文章对《泰勒报告》的看法是正确的。
17. He makes such a racket I'm afraid he disturbs the neighbours
    他如此大声喧闹，我怕他打扰了邻居。
18. It all makes sense now.
    现在就都讲得通了。
19. They all said 'This is crazy, this makes no sense'.
    他们都说“这太不靠谱了，一点儿都不明智”。
20. A defeat like that makes you sit up and think.
    那样的一次失败会令你警觉起来，开始思考。
21. This makes the whiskeys much smoother.
    这样一来，威士忌就醇和多了。
22. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn
    她忍不住打了个哈欠。
23. We're glad if our music makes a strong impression, even if it's a negative one
    如果我们的音乐能给人留下深刻的印象，哪怕是负面的印象，我们都会很高兴。
24. This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
    这个拟声词让我想起捕鼠夹子突然合上时的声音。
25. It is the self-assurance of the new generation which makes them sure of their success.
    年轻一代的自信让他们对成功志在必得。
26. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.
    它提供了飞机前进所需的推力。
27. He makes decorative vessels in copper, stainless steel and silver.
    他用铜、不锈钢和银制造装饰性器皿。
28. It makes you wonder about the effect on men's behaviour
    这让人怀疑其对男性行为的影响。
29. This makes the teacher shortage even more critical.
    这使师资匮乏的问题更为严重。
30. When others interfere, it always makes trouble.
    别人一干涉，麻烦就来了。