1 . make a good person 成为……人例的组词组。如:
He will make a good teacher. 他会成为一位好老师。
If you train hard, you’ll make a good footballer. 如果你努力训练,你就会成为一名优秀的足球运动员。
This coat makes a good present for my mother. 这件外套是送给我母亲的好礼物。
注:该结构中的 person, thing 要根据不同语境选择适当词语。
2 . make sb do sth 使某人做某事。如:
He made me repeat the story. 他要我把那事重讲一遍。
Rain makes plants grow. 雨水使植物生长。
I couldn’t make my car start this morning. 今天早上我的汽车发动不起来。
注:这类结构中不定式不带 to, 但在被动语态中须带 to。如:
He made me go there alone. / I was made to go there alone. 他要我一个人去那儿。
另外,这类结构一般不能将 do 换成 doing。如:
他的笑话使我们笑了。
正:His joke made us laugh.
误:His joke made us laughing.
3 . make sb done 使某人被……。如:
He tried to make his ideas known. 他设法让别人知道他的想法。
She made herself [her voice] heard across the room. 他大声说话,让房间另一头的人能听得见。
When he speaks English, he can’t make himself understood. 他说英语时还不能让人听懂他的意思。
4 . make sb sb 使某人成为某人。如:
I want to make you my wife. 他使她成为他妻子。
We made him chairman. 我们选他当主席。
5 . make sb sth / make sth for sb 为某人做某事物。如:
He made us coffee. / He made coffee for us. 他为我们泡咖啡。
She made her daughter a dress. / She made a dress for her daughter. 她为她女儿做了件连衣裙。
6 . make ……into ……使……成为……。如:
She made the material into a skirt. / She made a skirt out of the material. 她用那块布料做了一条裙子。
Working in the kitchen made the boy into a good cook. /
Working in the kitchen made a good cook out of the boy.
厨房工作使这男孩成长为一名好好厨师。
注:这类结构通常可用于被动形式。如:
Glass can be made into bottles. / Bottles can be made out
of glass. 玻璃可做成瓶子。
Rice can be made into wine. / Wine can be made out of rice.
米可以酿成酒。
7 . make…of … 由……制成……。如:
The chair is made of wood. 这椅子是用木头做的。
Some paper is made from wood. 有些纸是用木材做的。
Bread is made from wheat. 面包是由小麦加工做成。
注:用介词 of 和 from 的区别是:用 of 通常指在制成品中看得出原材料,而用 from 通常指在制成品中看不出原材料。有时某些制成品是否看得出原材料很难分清,则两者均可用。如:
Steamed bread is made from [of] flour. 馒头是用面粉做的。
8 . make for
走向,往……走去。如:
It’s late; we’d better make for home. 时间不早了,我们最好回家吧。
As the thief opened the door, the dog made for him. 小偷一开门,狗就向他扑去。
有助于,有益于,促进。如:
Early rising makes for good health. 早起有益于健康。
The large print makes for easy reading. 大号字体便于阅读。
9 . make it
及时赶到。如:
You can make it if you hurry. 如果你赶快还可以及时赶到。
We are too late; I don’t think we can make it. 我们太迟了,我想我们难以准时赶到了。
He says he’ll come on time, but he’ll never make it. 他说他明天准时来,但他绝对做不到。
成功,办成。如:
He wants to make it as a writer. 他想作一名作家而一举成名。
You needn’t worry; he will make it. 他不必担心,他会办成的。
10 . make out
理解,明白。如:
Can you make him out? 你能理解他吗?
I couldn’t make out what he meant. 我不懂他是什么意思。
看清,辨认出。如:
I can’t make out his handwriting. 我辨认不出他的笔迹。
We made out three figures moving in the distance. 我们看出远处有三个人影在移动。
填写。如:
Make the check out to me. 支票上填写清楚给我。
I asked her to make out a receipt. 我叫她打了个收条。
假装,装成,声称。如 :
He made out to be ill. 他假装生病了。
He makes out that he’s younger than me. 他声称比我年轻。
11 . make up
构成,组成,占。如
Farmers make up only 30% of the total population of the country. 这个国家的农业人口仅占30%。
注:用于此义时,通常用 be made up of 这样的形式。如:
The United States is made up of 50 states. 美国由五十个州组成。
A car is made up of many different parts. 汽车由许多不同部件组成。
编写,创作,编辑。如:
He asked us each to make up a dialogue. 他叫我们每人编一个对话。
One of our students made up the school song. 我们的一个学生创作了这首校歌。
编造,捏造。如:
It’s not true. He made it up. 那不是真的,是他捏造的。
The whole story is made up. 整个故事都是虚构的。
和解,言归于好。如:
Why don’t you make up with her? 你为什么不与她和好呢?
At last they’ve made up after their quarrel. 他们争吵后终于和好了。
弥补,补偿,补上。如:
You must make up the work you missed. 你得补上你耽误的工作。
We should let him make up for his mistakes. 我们应该让他将功补过。
化妆。如:
She makes herself up in the morning. 她早上化妆。
凑足。如:
We can’t make up the money. 我们凑不足钱。
准备好,做好。如 :
Bring the sheets and make up the bed. 拿床单来把床铺好。
make do with sth 将就使用
例：If we can’t get limes,we’ll have to make do with lemons.如果我们没有酸橙,只好将就一下用柠檬.
make for
1.朝…移动或走
例：He made for the pig.他向那头猪走去.
2.非常适合（协调）；天造地设例：Jim and Alice are made for each other.
Jim和Alice是天生一对.
make sb/sth into sb/sth 使变成；
使转变为例：She made her spare room into an office.她把她家多余的房间改成办公室.
make sth of sb/sth 懂得；理解
例：What do you make of Colin’s letter?Conlin的信你看得明白么?
make off (with sth) 匆忙离开,逃走（如偷了东西后）
例：Jason’s made off with my wallet!with my wallet!Jason偷走了我的钱包!
make sb/sth out
1,理解；明白 I can’t make out what he is saying.我不懂他在说什么.
2看出；听出；辨认出 I could hardly make out anything in the thick fog.在浓雾中我几乎什么也看不见.
3.开出,写出 The teacher has made out a list of reference books.老师已开出了一份参考书单.
4.（informal）暗示；建议例：You make me out to be a liar.你暗示我不要说谎.
5.（informal）试图建立或者证明 例：Jason made out that he was innocent.Jason试图证明自己是无辜的.
make up
1.化妆例：It didn’t take her long to make up.她很快就化妆好了.
2.构成；组成例：How many countries make up the European Union?欧盟由多少个国家组成?
3.编造；捏造；虚构例：Jason made up an excuse in orderto escape the punishment.为了逃避惩罚Jason编造了一个借口.
4.补充；补足；凑足例：We need one more person to make up our football team.我们还需要一个人才可以凑足一个足球队.
5.make up forsth 补救；弥补例：Her enthusiasm makes up for her lack of experience.她的热诚弥补了她经验的不足.
6.和解,和好例：James and Kobe quarreled,but made up after a while.詹姆斯和科比吵架,但一会儿就和好了.
bemade of 由…制成（原材料显而易见的情况）
be made from由…制成（原材料不易看出的情况）
be made in 在…制造
makeover
1.转让,移交 例：He has made over his property to a hospital.他已经将财产转交给了一家医院.
2.修改,改造 例：He asked the tailorto make over his trousers.他叫裁缝修改他的裤子.