make /meik/ vt. (made, made) 1.造，制作: The factory makes shoes to last. 这家工厂制作的鞋子耐穿。Don’t make trouble.别制造麻烦。 2.使(可用形容词、过去分词、不带to的不定式及名词作宾补): The news made her happy.这消息使她高兴。He was made to wait for over an hour. 让他等了一个多小时。All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ［谚］只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻。[考句]With the development in science and technology man can make various flowers bloom before their time.随着科技的发展，人们可以使百花提前开放。 3. (有条件)成为，成了: She’ll make a good wife.她会成为好妻子的。 4. 赚得，得到: I don’t know how he made his money. 我不知道他是怎样挣的这笔钱。 5.总计，等于：Twelve inches make one foot. 12英寸等于1英尺。 6. 构成短语（动词）make (a) difference 有关系，有影响：It doesn’t make a bit of difference if you are late to my party. 我这个聚会你来晚了没关系。 make a face/faces 做苦脸，做苦相: The boy made a face at his teacher when she turned her back.当老师转过身时，男孩向她做了个鬼脸。 make a fool of 捉弄，使出洋相: I was told that I was being made fool of.我被告知正在被人捉弄。 make believe假装；想象（ n. & vt. )：I had to explain to Sam that it was only make believe and that they weren’t real monsters.我只好向萨姆解释说这只是假装的，他们不是真妖怪。Let’s make believe (that) we’re pirates.让我们假装海盗. make for 目标；导致…结果：When he realized the police had spotted him, the man made for the exit as quickly as possible.当发现警察盯上他时，他迅速朝出口走去。Poor service does not make for satisfied customers.服务不好不可能令顾客满意。This incident will not make for peace. 这事件对和平不利。make friends with…与...友好，跟...做朋友（见friend条） make…into(把…)做成: She made the material into a dress. 她把这布料做成一件内衣。make it (to the top)很成功：She’s very ambitious but I doubt she’ll ever make it to the top. 她志气很高，但我怀疑她将会获得很大的成功。make no bones about不掩饰感觉（见bone条） make of 对…的看法：What do you make of the new boss?你认为新老板怎么样？make off 迅速离开，迅速逃离：The burglars made off before the police arrived.盗贼在警察来到之前就迅速逃走了。make one’s hair stand on end 使人毛骨悚然：To be honest, the thought of jumping out of a moving aeroplane makes my hair stand on end.老实说，想到从飞行着的飞机上跳出去把我都吓死了。make peace 讲和(停止战争)：Stop fighting you two - shake hands and make (your) peace (with each other)!你两个人不要打了，握手言和吧！make ready 准备好: We made ready for battle. 我们做好了战斗的准备。 make room 让地方，让位置: There were already three people sitting on the sofa, but I tried to make room for her. 沙发上已有三人，但我得设法给她让位。 make sure/certain (跟of短语，不定式或从句) 肯定，弄清，一定要: Make sure to turn off the radio before you go out.  出去前一定要关上收音机。 make the best of 使改观：We’ll have to spend the night here, so we might as well make the best of it. 我们得在这里过夜，还是尽力改变一下境况为好。make up one’s mind 打定主意，决定：He hadn’t made up his mind yet just what he wanted to do. 他还没有打定主意究竟想干什么。(与decide辨析见decide) make use of 利用: She began to consider what use could be made of it.她开始考虑怎么利用这个东西。make way 让路: When older men retire they make way for younger men to take their places. 年龄大的退休了，给青年人让位。 make one’s way 前往某处: I made my way to my house. 我回家。make out 1.写出，开出(账单，收据等): make out a bill 开一张账单 2.看出，辨认出： I can’t make out what that object is.我看不出那是什么东西。3.理解，明白：I couldn’t make out what he meant. 我不明白他的意思。make up 1.构成，配制：He made up another bottle of medicine. 他配好另外一瓶药。 2.化装，打扮: You have 10 minutes in which to make up. 你有十分钟化装。3. 捏造，临时编造：make up a wonderful story  编一个很好的故事 4.把…补上；补足：John must make up the work he missed. 约翰必须把未干的工作补上。 5.占…比例：[考句]In Britain today women make up 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work. 如今在英国，妇女已占就业者的44%，将近一半有小孩的母亲做工挣钱。make up for补偿，弥补：make up for lost time 弥补丢掉的时间 [考句]The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could make up for. 这些珍宝遭破坏是人类的损失，是金钱弥补不了的。be made from 由…原料制成：Bread is made from wheat. 面包是小麦做的。be made in 在…制造：All the equipment is made in China. 所有设备都是中国制造的。be made (up) of  由…组成，由…构成：The committee is made up of twelve members. 委员会由12人组成。