make up
- 构成;组成;给…化妆;（加班）补足，补上（耽误的时间）;编造，虚构（故事、借口等）;凑足，补齐（数量）;和解;和好;和好;配（食品、药等）;和解;铺（床）;搭（铺）;为…打扮
make upAll these words mean to be formed from the things or people mentioned, or to be the parts that form sth.以上各词均表示由某些人或事物组成，或构成某事物。
to be formed from the things, people or activities mentioned指由事物、人或活动组成、构成：
Their diet consists largely of vegetables.
他们的日常饮食以蔬菜为主。
( rather formal ) to be formed from the things or people mentioned指由…组成、构成：
The collection comprises 327 paintings.
这部画册收有327幅画。
( rather informal ) to be the parts or people that form sth指组成、构成：
Women make up 56% of the student numbers.
女生占学生人数的56%。
to be the parts or people that form sth指组成、构成：
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。
( rather formal ) to be formed from the things or people mentioned指由…组成、构成：
Around 15% of our diet is composed of protein.
我们的饮食中大约有15%的蛋白质。
to be formed from the things or people mentioned指由…组成、构成：
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。
( formal ) to be the parts of people that form sth指组成、构成：
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%。
Consist of sb/sth is the most general of these words and the only one that can be used for activities with the -ing form of a verb. |
The other main difference is between those verbs that take the whole as the subject and the parts as the object |
and those that take the parts as the subject and the whole as the object. |
It is not correct to use ‘comprises of’ or ‘is composed by/from’. |
make up
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PHRASAL VERB 组成;构成
The people or things that make up something are the members or parts that form that thing.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。
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PHRASAL VERB 编造;虚构
If you make up something such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people.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。
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PHRASAL VERB （给…）化妆;（为…）打扮
If you make yourself up or if someone else makes you up, make-up such as powder or lipstick is put on your face.She spent too much time making herself up...
她在化妆上花去了太多时间。
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PHRASAL VERB 凑足;补齐
If you make up an amount, you add something to it so that it is as large as it should be.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。
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PHRASAL VERB (加班加点)补足(时间)
If you make up time or hours, you work some extra hours because you have previously taken some time off work.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。
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PHR-V-RECIP 和解;和好
If two people make up or make it up after a quarrel or disagreement, they become friends again.She came back and they made up...
她回来之后他们又和好如初。
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PHRASAL VERB 配(菜);配(药)
If you make up something such as food or medicine, you prepare it by mixing or putting different things together.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。
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PHRASAL VERB 铺(床);搭(铺)
If you make up a bed, you put sheets and blankets on it so that someone can sleep there.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。
verb
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- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
- She makes herself up every morning
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- put in order or neaten
- make the bed
- make up a room
- Synonym: make
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- come to terms
- After some discussion we finally made up
- Synonym: reconcile patch up conciliate settle
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- make up something artificial or untrue
- Synonym: fabricate manufacture cook up invent
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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?
- Synonym: pay pay off compensate
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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?
- Synonym: catch up with
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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
- Synonym: constitute represent comprise be
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- adjust for
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- Synonym: compensate counterbalance correct even out even off even up
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They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West
他们应该和西方的老对头和解。
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Why don 't you make up with her ?
你为什么不同她和解呢？
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Women make up 56 % of the student numbers .
女生占学生人数的56%。
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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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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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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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Muslims make up 55 % of the population .
穆斯林占人口的55%。
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The pharmacist will make up your prescription .
药剂师会给你依处方配药。
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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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Stop shilly-shallying and make up your mind .
别犹豫了，拿主意吧。
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It 's now or never , so make up your mind
机不可失，下决心吧。
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Be your own man . Make up your own mind
要有主见，你自己做主吧。
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I 'll make up the bed in your old room
我会把你原来房间的床铺整理好。
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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。
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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。
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Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force
女警占警力的13%。
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The book is there for people to read and make up their own mind
书摆在那儿，供人们阅读后再作决定。
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I can 't be bothered to make up my face .
我懒得化妆。
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I can 't abide people who can 't make up their minds
我受不了优柔寡断的人。
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His parents are trying to make up to him for the restrictions of urban living
他的父母正试图弥补他在城市生活的局限。
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Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused
为补偿你为此承受的压力，你要申请额外的补偿金。
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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。
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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。
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The government has refused to make up a £ 30,000 shortfall in funding .
政府拒不补上30,000英镑的资金缺口。
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So all the colours that make up white light are sent in different directions and they separate .
这样构成白色光的所有颜色被投射到不同方向，从而分离开来。
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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。
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He treated us as autonomous individuals who had to learn to make up our own minds about important issues .
他把我们当作独立自主的个体来看待，认为我们必须学会在重大问题面前自己拿主意。
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The semi-finalists had to play twice in the day to make up for time lost to bad weather .
为了补回恶劣天气耽误的时间，半决赛选手不得不一日双赛。
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He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in which Ryan scored well .
瑞安在前几轮得分很高，他现在再想赶也赶不上了。
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A conservatory would make up for the fact that we were refused planning permission for a roof terrace
我们建屋顶平台的计划被驳回了，要是能盖一间温室也算一种补偿。