Make

(verb.) act in a certain way so as to acquire; 'make friends'; 'make enemies'.

(verb.) eliminate urine; 'Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug'.

(verb.) behave in a certain way; 'make merry'.

(verb.) give certain properties to something; 'get someone mad'; 'She made us look silly'; 'He made a fool of himself at the meeting'; 'Don't make this into a big deal'; 'This invention will make you a millionaire'; 'Make yourself clear'.

(verb.) put in order or neaten; 'make the bed'; 'make up a room'.

(verb.) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; 'She makes like an actress'.

(verb.) make or cause to be or to become; 'make a mess in one's office'; 'create a furor'.

(verb.) engage in; 'make love, not war'; 'make an effort'; 'do research'; 'do nothing'; 'make revolution'.

(verb.) form by assembling individuals or constituents; 'Make a quorum'.

(verb.) be or be capable of being changed or made into; 'He makes a great host'; 'He will make a fine father'.

(verb.) undergo fabrication or creation; 'This wool makes into a nice sweater'.

(verb.) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; 'make my day'.

(verb.) consider as being; 'It wasn't the problem some people made it'.

(verb.) gather and light the materials for; 'make a fire'.

(verb.) make by shaping or bringing together constituents; 'make a dress'; 'make a cake'; 'make a wall of stones'.

(verb.) amount to; 'This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living'.

(verb.) develop into; 'He will make a splendid father!'.

(verb.) calculate as being; 'I make the height about 100 feet'.

(verb.) perform or carry out; 'make a decision'; 'make a move'; 'make advances'; 'make a phone call'.

(verb.) appear to begin an activity; 'He made to speak but said nothing in the end'; 'She made as if to say hello to us'.

(verb.) add up to; 'four and four make eight'.

(verb.) carry out or commit; 'make a mistake'; 'commit a faux-pas'.

(verb.) be suitable for; 'Wood makes good furniture'.

(verb.) favor the development of; 'Practice makes the winner'.

(verb.) assure the success of; 'A good review by this critic will make your play!'.

(verb.) change from one form into another; 'make water into wine'; 'make lead into gold'; 'make clay into bricks'.

(verb.) compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; 'People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!'; 'Heat makes you sweat'.

(verb.) reach in time; 'We barely made the plane'.

(verb.) constitute the essence of; 'Clothes make the man'.

(verb.) proceed along a path; 'work one's way through the crowd'; 'make one's way into the forest'.

校对:拉弗尔斯

• The human watchdogs must be philosophers or lovers of learning which will make them gentle. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I have no complaint to make. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If you would engage a front room and purchase the necessaries for the night, I may have time to make a few inquiries. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I suppose it's smarter to use these rocks and build a good blind for this gun than to make a proper emplacement for it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You talk in such a way about 'mamma' it is enough to make one jealous of the old lady. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• You made a quiet little round game of it, among a family group, and you played it out at leisure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The first known application of the kind was made by Mr. Murdoch, an engineer in the employment of Messrs. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Won't you say yes--I will devote my life to making you very happy. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• A constitution of the Japanese type came into existence in 1909, making China a limited monarchy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I think it would be advisable in making the change to leave Hancock where he is until Warren passes him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It makes me dizzy, to think of the Vatican--of its wilderness of statues, paintings, and curiosities of every description and every age. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Yes, returned Herbert, and you may suppose how mild it makes his gout. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It makes him so much higher in his neighbouring collier's eyes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is something which makes your body move, as the spring made the wheels go in my watch when I showed it to you. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He makes it too secure, as it happens. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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