make up

英 [ˈmeɪk ʌp]

美 [ˈmeɪk ʌp]

和解;和好; 组成; 构成; 编造，虚构（故事、借口等）; 给…化妆; 为…打扮; 凑足，补齐（数量）; （加班）补足，补上（耽误的时间）; 和解; 和好; 配（食品、药等）; 铺（床）; 搭（铺）

经济

牛津词典

• 以上各词均表示由某些人或事物组成，或构成某事物。
  All these words mean to be formed from the things or people mentioned, or to be the parts that form sth.
• 指由事物、人或活动组成、构成：
  to be formed from the things, people or activities mentioned
  1. Their diet consists largely of vegetables.
     他们的日常饮食以蔬菜为主。
• 指由…组成、构成：
  ( rather formal ) to be formed from the things or people mentioned
  1. The collection comprises 327 paintings.
     这部画册收有327幅画。
• 指组成、构成：
  ( rather informal ) to be the parts or people that form sth
  1. Women make up 56% of the student numbers.
     女生占学生人数的56%。
• 指组成、构成：
  to be the parts or people that form sth
  1. People under the age of 40 constitute the majority of the labour force.
     40岁以下的人占劳动力的大多数。
• 指由…组成、构成：
  ( rather formal ) to be formed from the things or people mentioned
  1. Around 15% of our diet is composed of protein.
     我们的饮食中大约有15%的蛋白质。
• 指由…组成、构成：
  to be formed from the things or people mentioned
  1. The committee is comprised of representatives from both the public and private sectors.
     委员会由政府和私人部门两方的代表组成。
• 指组成、构成：
  ( formal ) to be the parts of people that form sth
  1. Christians compose around 2.5% of the country's population.
     基督教徒大约占这个国家人口的2.5%。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 组成;构成
  The people or things thatmake upsomething are the members or parts that form that thing.
  1. North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country...
     北非人构成了该国最大的、也是最贫困的移民群。
  2. Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force...
     女警占警力的13%。
  3. Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins.
     昆虫由数万种蛋白质构成。
• PHRASAL VERB 编造;虚构
  If youmake upsomething such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people.
  1. I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him...
     我认为你编造他的谣言很不厚道。
  2. I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life.
     我没有凭空捏造，这种人现实生活中确实存在。
• PHRASAL VERB （给…）化妆;（为…）打扮
  If youmakeyourselfupor if someone elsemakesyouup, make-up such as powder or lipstick is put on your face.
  1. She spent too much time making herself up...
     她在化妆上花去了太多时间。
  2. She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs...
     她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
  3. I can't be bothered to make up my face.
     我懒得化妆。
• PHRASAL VERB 凑足;补齐
  If youmake upan amount, you add something to it so that it is as large as it should be.
  1. Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference...
     学生领到的钱有不到一半是助学金，差额部分由贷款补足。
  2. The team had six professionals and made the number up with five amateurs...
     该队有6名职业运动员和凑数的5名业余运动员。
  3. For every £100 you invest into a pension plan the Inland Revenue makes it up to £125.
     你每向养老金计划中投入100英镑，国内税收署就会将其补加至125英镑。
• PHRASAL VERB (加班加点)补足(时间)
  If youmake uptime or hours, you work some extra hours because you have previously taken some time off work.
  1. They'll have to make up time lost during the strike.
     他们不得不加班弥补罢工耽误的时间。
• PHR-V-RECIP 和解;和好
  If two peoplemake upormake it upafter a quarrel or disagreement, they become friends again.
  1. She came back and they made up...
     她回来之后他们又和好如初。
  2. They never made up the quarrel...
     他们再也没能和解。
  3. They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West...
     他们应该和西方的老对头和解。
  4. I'll make it up with him again.
     我会与他重归于好。
• PHRASAL VERB 配(菜);配(药)
  If youmake upsomething such as food or medicine, you prepare it by mixing or putting different things together.
  1. Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
     在搅拌做蛋奶酥的各种原料之前先要把盘子准备好。
• PHRASAL VERB 铺(床);搭(铺)
  If youmake upa bed, you put sheets and blankets on it so that someone can sleep there.
  1. Her mother made up a bed in her old room.
     她母亲在她曾经住过的房间里铺好了一张床。

英英释义

verb

• apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
  1. She makes herself up every morning
• put in order or neaten
  1. make the bed
  2. make up a room
  Synonym:make
• come to terms
  1. After some discussion we finally made up
  Synonym:reconcilepatch upconciliatesettle
• make up something artificial or untrue
  Synonym:fabricatemanufacturecook upinvent
• devise or compose
  1. This designer makes up our Spring collections
• do or give something to somebody in return
  1. Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
  Synonym:paypay offcompensate
• make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
  1. I have to make up a French exam
  2. Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?
  Synonym:catch up with
• form or compose
  1. This money is my only income
  2. The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
  3. These constitute my entire belonging
  4. The children made up the chorus
  5. This sum represents my entire income for a year
  6. These few men comprise his entire army
  Synonym:constituterepresentcomprisebe
• adjust for
  1. engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  Synonym:compensatecounterbalancecorrecteven outeven offeven up

双语例句

• I am not good at singing. I'm here just to make up the number.
  我不会唱歌，我在这儿只是滥竽充数。
• Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
  在搅拌做蛋奶酥的各种原料之前先要把盘子准备好。
• Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity.
  她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。
• I suppose it's stupid of us not to be able to make up our own minds
  我们自己都没办法拿定主意，这真是太傻了。
• I can't abide people who can't make up their minds
  我受不了优柔寡断的人。
• Make up your mind, you can't have it both ways.
  你决定吧，反正鱼与熊掌不可兼得。
• They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West
  他们应该和西方的老对头和解。
• North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country
  北非人构成了该国最大的、也是最贫困的移民群。
• Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins.
  昆虫由数万种蛋白质构成。
• Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference
  学生领到的钱有不到一半是助学金，差额部分由贷款补足。