ACARRYING OUT AN ACTION 做动作
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.
eg. I'd just like to make a comment.
我只想稍加评论。
I made a few phone calls..
我打了几个电话。
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.
eg. Apparently he made a mess of his audition.
看样子他把试镜搞砸了。
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.
eg. Mary made as if to protest, then hesitated.
玛丽好像要抗议,却又犹豫了。
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.
eg. 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.
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?
eg. 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.
eg. Bob makes like he's a fish blowing bubbles.
鲍勃装成一条吐泡泡的鱼。
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