③make (it) up (for) 补偿,弥补 We must make it up to him somehow. 我们得想个办法补偿他。 They have made up for the loss. 他们已经弥补了损失。 make up for the lost time / a mistake 补回失去的时间/补救失误 ④化妆 (make-up n.) It took her more than an hour to make herself up. 她花了一个多小时才化好妆。 ⑤组成 Farmers make up only a small section of the population. 农民只占人口的一小部分。 5. make out ①假装 He made out that he had forgotten it. 他假装他忘记了。 He was ill, but made out to be all right. 他病了,但却装着没病的样子。 ②理解,弄懂 To this day I still can’t make out why they did so. 直到今天我还是不理解他们为什么那样做。 I can’t make out what he means. 我不懂他什么意思。 ③难以看见,辨认 I could just make out a figure in the dark. 黑暗中我只看到一个影子。 我们就假装不知道好了。 _______________________________________ 你能认出这笔迹吗? _______________________________________ Let’s make out that we know nothing about it. Can you make out this hand writing? 6. basis n. 基础,根基,原则 on the basis of + n. / on a + adj. + basis |