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口译名师Kaitlin教小词(22):make(PartA)

  休息了两天,今天继续Kaitlin教小词,这次讲的也是个再简单不过的词:make
  make做动词的用法相信很多同学都不陌生,一直挂在嘴边的有make of(i.e. It’s said the book is made of gold.) , make in (i.e. The toys are made in China.), etc. 有一些很常见的短语比如make up,家对它的意思可能知其一不知其二哦!make up在口语里面经常用到的意思有下面几个: 
  1. 组成 Ten students make up a team.(十个学生组成一个组)
  2. 补偿 Sorry for being late. I’ll make it up to you.(对不起我迟到了,我会"将功赎罪"的)
  3. 和好 We had a fight in the morning but already made up after lunch. (我们早上吵架了,但是午饭之后就和好了)
  4. 杜撰 That was a true story. I didn’t make it up. (那是个真实的故事,不是我乱编的)
  5. 化妆 The party starts in 5 min. I can’t believe you are still making up! (派对还有5分钟就开始了,你怎么还在化妆!)
  Whew~~~小小一个make up意思还不少吧?另外,make up还可以作为一个词make-up,意思是"化妆品",就是中文里面说的"彩妆"。I’m tripping to Hong Kong in mid-April. And fancy make-ups is definitely on top of my shopping list! 提到化妆品,不得不顺便讲一下另外一个跟make有关的词:make over.现在女孩子的化妆技术太高了,"before"跟"after"简直就是两个人嘛!所以我常常说 Makeups have made you over to another girl!(化妆品让你变成了另外一个人!)
  有时候我们会遇到一些特别投缘的陌生人,或者一件特别小的但是很能让你开心的事情,这时候你就可以说"It has made my day!" Make one’s day是一个idiom,意思是"让人很开心"。All the support I got from you guys really made my day!^^。