詞語：make ends meet
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make ends meet
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美國傳統詞典[雙解]
make
make
AHD:[m3k]
D.J.[meik]
K.K.[mek]
v.（動詞）
made[m3d] mak.ing， makes
v.tr.（及物動詞）
(1)To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create:
使存在，使發生：導致存在或發生；使發生；創造：
made problems for him; making a commotion.
為他製造問題；引發暴亂
(2)To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct:
製成：用塑造、修改或把材料放在一塊的方法導致存在；建造：
make a dress; made a wall of stones.
做衣服；砌石牆
(3)To form by assembling individuals or constituents:
集成：把個體或成份組合而形成：
make a quorum.
達到法定人數
(4)To change from one form or function to another:
使功能改變：把一種形式或功能轉換成另外一種：
make clay into bricks.
把泥土製成磚塊
(5)To cause to be or become:
使成或變成：
made her position clear; a decision that made him happy.
使她的地位明朗化；此決定令他高興
(6)To cause to assume a specified function or role:
當做，當成：使具有一種特定的功能或成為某個角色：
made her treasurer; made Chicago his home.
視她為出納員；把芝加哥當成他的家
(7)To cause to act in a specified manner:
造成，導致：以特定的方式引起行動：
Heat makes gases expand.
熱使得氣體膨脹
(8)To compel:
促使：
made him leave.
迫使他離開
(9)To form in the mind:
在頭腦中形成：
make an estimate.
做估算
(10)To compose:
創作：
make verses.
創作詩歌
(11)To prepare; fix:
準備；安排：
make breakfast.
準備早餐
(12)To get ready or set in order for use:
準備使用：準備或料理好以便使用：
made the bed.
整理床鋪
(13)To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
生火：收集材料並點燃（生火）
(14)To engage in:
從事：
make war.
開戰
(15)To carry out; perform:
執行；進行：
make a telephone call; make an incision.
打電話；切開
(16)To achieve, produce, or attain:
實現，產生，達到：
made peace between the two factions; not making sense; didn't make the quota.
在兩個派別之間實現和平；毫無意義；沒有達到定額
(17)To institute or establish; enact:
制訂：制定或者建立；頒布：
make laws.
制定法律
(18)To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
訂立：以合適的形式擬定並實施：
make a will.
立遺囑
(19)To arrive at; reach:
到達；抵達：
made Washington in two hours.
在兩小時內到達華盛頓
(20)To reach in time:
及時趕上：
just made the plane.
剛好趕上飛機
(21)To attain the rank or position of:
達到地位：達到某種職位或軍銜：
She made lieutenant.
她的軍銜為中尉
(22)To acquire a place in or on:
組成，得到：獲得一個位置：
made the basketball team; made the morning papers.
組成籃球隊；收到早報了
(23)To gain or earn, as by working:
賺到：通過工作賺得或獲得：
make money.
賺錢
(24)To behave so as to acquire:
使成為：為了獲取而做某些行為：
make friends.
交朋友
(25)To score or achieve, as in a sport:
得分：在體育比賽中得分或成功：
made a field goal.
射門得分
(26)To assure the success of:
確保…的成功：
A favorable review from him can make a play.
他讚賞的評論能使這場戲成功
(27)To favor the development of:
有利於…的發展：
Practice makes a winning team.
勤加訓練必有助於球隊獲得勝利
(28)To be suited for:
對…合適：
Oak makes strong furniture.
橡木合適做耐用傢俱
(29)To develop into:
發展成為：
She will make a fine doctor.
她將會成為一個好醫生
(30)To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of:
下結論：作出對…的意義或本性的結論：
don't know what to make of the decision.
不知道怎樣作決定
(31)To calculate as being; estimate:
估計是；估算：
I make the height 20 feet.
我估計有20英尺高
(32)To consider as being:
認為是：
wasn't the problem some people made it.
有些人不認為這是一個問題
(33)To constitute:
構成：
Twenty members make a quorum.
二十個成員構成法定人數
(34)To add up to:
等於：
Two and two make four.
二加二等於四
(35)To amount to:
接近，相當於：
makes no difference.
沒有什麼區別
(36)To constitute the essence or nature of:
架構：構成…的精華或本質：
Clothes make the man.
由穿著便可瞭解一個人
(37)To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding:
使有意義：使成為特別有樂趣或值得的：
You made my day.
你使我的生活特別有意義
(38)To appear to begin (an action):
準備：看上去開始（一個動作）：
She made to leave.
她準備離開
(39)Slang To persuade to have sexual intercourse.
【俚語】 性交：說服…發生性關係
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
(1)To act or behave in a specified manner:
做：明確地做或行為：
make merry; make free.
快樂地做；自由地做
(2)To begin or appear to begin an action:
準備做：開始或看上去開始一個動作：
made as if to shake my hand.
好像要和我握手
(3)To cause something to be as specified:
確認：使某事物變得明確：
make ready; make sure.
準備好；確認
(4)To proceed in a certain direction:
按某一方向前進：
made for home; made after the thief.
回家；追趕小偷
(5)Slang To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like :
【俚語】 假扮；模仿。與like 連用：
made like a ballerina.
模仿芭蕾舞女演員
(6)To undergo fabrication or manufacture:
生產：經編寫或生產成為：
This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
這種羊毛織成了很暖和的圍巾
(7)To rise or accumulate:
上升或積聚：
The tide is making.
正在漲潮
n.（名詞）
(1)The act or process of making; manufacturing.
製造：製作或生產的動作或過程；生產
(2)The style or manner in which a thing is made:
製作樣式：生產某事物的風格或方式：
disliked the make of her coat.
不喜歡她衣服的樣式
(3)The amount produced, especially the output of a factory.
生產量：生產的數量，特別是一座工廠的產量
(4)A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark:
牌子：產品特定的種類，以生產商的名字或者註冊的商標來識別：
a famous make of shirt.
名牌襯衫
(5)The physical or moral nature of a person; character or disposition:
性格：一個人的身體或精神上的本質；性格或者性情：
found out what make of man he was.
得知他是一個什麼樣的人
(6)Slang Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records:
【俚語】 檔案：一個人或事物的身份，經常從警方記錄的信息中得出：
Did you get a make on the assailant?
你得知有關攻擊者的資料了嗎?
常用詞組
make for
(1)To have or cause to have a particular effect or result:
造成，促成：有或促使有某種特定的效果或者結果的：
small details that make for comfort.
令人舒適的小節
(2)To help promote; further:
幫助提升；推進：
makes for better communication.
促進更好的交流
make off
To depart in haste; run away.
急忙離開；跑走
make out
(1)To discern or see, especially with difficulty:
辨明：辨明或看清，特別是在有困難的情況下：
I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
在雨中我幾乎看不清交通標誌
(2)To understand:
理解：
could not make out what she was saying.
不能理解她在說些什麼
(3)To write out; draw up:
寫下來；列出：
made out the invoices.
開具發票
(4)To fill in (a form, for example).
填寫（如表格）
(5)Informal To imply or suggest:
【非正式用語】 暗示，建議：
You make me out to be a liar.
你暗示我不要說謊
(6)Informal To try to establish or prove:
【非正式用語】 試圖建立或者證明：
He made out that he was innocent.
他試圖證明自己是無辜的
(7)To get along in a given way; fare:
進展：在給定的道路上前進；進展：
made out well in business.
在生意上進展順利
(8)Slang
【俚語】
(9)To neck; pet.
相互親吻；撫愛
(10)To have sexual intercourse.
發生性關係
make over
(1)To redo; renovate.
改裝；革新
(2)To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document:
轉讓：改變或者轉移所有權，通常是通過法律文件的方式：
made over the property to her son.
把財產轉到她兒子名下
make up
(1)To put together; construct or compose:
整理；建立或捏造：
make up a prescription.
開一個藥方
(2)To constitute; form:
構成；組成：
One hundred years make up a century.
一百年構成一個世紀
(3)To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
化妝：為在舞台上的角色而改變某人的外表，例如用服裝或化妝品
(4)To apply cosmetics.
用化妝品化妝
(5)To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent:
捏造，編造：杜撰小說或謊話；捏造：
made up an excuse.
編造借口
(6)To make good (a deficit or lack):
彌補：彌補（赤字或不足）：
made up the difference in the bill.
彌補了帳單上的差額
(7)To compensate for:
補償：
make up the lost time.
補足失去的時間
(8)To resolve a quarrel:
和好：平息一場爭吵：
kissed and made up.
親吻和好
(9)To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to :
獻慇勤，巴結：提出獻慇勤或討好的建議。和to 連用：
made up to his friend's boss.
向他朋友的老闆獻慇勤
(10)To take (an examination or a course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
補考，補課：因為以前缺席或不及格在一段時間後再考或再上課
(11)To set in order:
整理，收拾：
make up a room.
把房間收拾好
(12)Printing To select and arrange material for:
【印刷術】 排版，整版：
made up the front page.
為封面排版
make with 【俚語】
(1)To bring into use:
使用：
a flirt making with the eyes.
用眼睛調情
(2)To put forth; produce:
長出；製造：
always making with the jokes.
總是談笑風聲
習慣用語
make a clean breast of
To confess fully.
坦白交待
make a face
To distort the features of the face; grimace.
改變臉部的容貌；扮鬼臉
make a go of
To achieve success in:
在…獲得成功：
have made a go of the business.
生意上獲得了成功
make away with
(1)To carry off; steal.
處理；偷
(2)To use up or consume.
用光或消費
(3)To kill or destroy.
殺死或破壞
make believe
To pretend.
假裝
make bold
To venture:
冒險：
I will not make so bold as to criticize such a distinguished scholar.
我不會冒險去批評這麼傑出的一位學者
make book【遊戲】
To accept bets on a race, game, or contest.
在賽馬、比賽或競賽中接受賭注
make do
To manage to get along with the means available:
用手頭擁有的錢去勉強應付：
had to make do on less income.
不得不用較少的收入來應付
make ends meet
To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs.
收支平衡：設法使某人的財產和花費相抵
make eyes
To ogle.
向…送秋波
make fun of
To mock; ridicule.
嘲笑；嘲諷
make good
(1)To carry out successfully:
成功地實施：
He made good his escape.
他成功地逃脫了
(2)To fulfill:
實現：
She made good her promise.
她實現了諾言
(3)To make compensation for; make up for:
補償；彌補：
made good the loss.
彌補損失
(4)To succeed:
成功：
made good as a writer.
成為一個成功的作家
make hay
To turn to one's advantage:
利用：使對某人有利：
The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal.
候選人的競爭對手利用這次醜聞做了手腳
make it
(1)Informal To be successful:
【非正式用語】 成功：
finally made it as an actor.
最後成了一名成功的演員
(2)Slang To have sexual intercourse.
【俚語】 發生性關係
make light of
To treat as unimportant:
輕視；忽略：
He made light of his illness.
他忽視了自己的疾病
make love
(1)To engage in amorous caressing.
做愛撫的動作
(2)To engage in sexual intercourse.
發生性關係
make much of
To treat as of great importance.
重視對待
make no bones about
To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely:
對…坦白或直爽；公開承認：
They make no bones about their dislike for each other.
他們毫不隱瞞彼此間的厭惡
make off with
To snatch or steal:
奪走或偷走：
made off with the profits.
奪走了利潤
make sail【航海】
(1)To begin a voyage.
開始航行
(2)To set sail.
張帆
make the grade
To measure up to a given standard.
達到給定的標準
make the most of
To use to the greatest advantage.
最大限度地利用
make the scene【俚語】
(1)To put in an appearance:
出現：
made the scene at the party.
出現在聚會上
(2)To participate in a specified activity:
參與具體的活動：
made the drug scene.
參與毒品活動
make time
(1)To move or travel fast, as in an attempt to compensate for lost time.
彌補時間：運動或走得更快以便彌補失去的時間
(2)Slang To make progress toward attracting:
【俚語】 更加有吸引力：
He tried to make time with the new neighbor.
他試圖獲取新鄰居的好感
make tracks【俚語】
To move or leave in a hurry.
匆忙走開或離去
make up (one's) mind
To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion.
作出選擇；作出決定或提出意見
make waves【俚語】
To cause a disturbance or controversy.
引起混亂或爭論
make way
(1)To give room for passage; move aside.
讓路；走到一邊
(2)To make progress.
取得進步
on the make【俚語】
(1)Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement:
拚命追求經濟上或社會地位上的提高：
a young executive on the make.
追求進步的年輕經理
(2)Eagerly seeking a sexual partner.
急切地追求伴侶
語源
(1)Middle English maken
中古英語 maken
(2)from Old English macian * see mag-
源自 古英語 macian *參見 mag-
繼承用法
mak「able
adj.（形容詞）
美國傳統詞典
make
make
AHD:[m3k]
D.J.[meik]
K.K.[mek]
v.
made[m3d] mak.ing, makes
v.tr.
(1)To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create:
made problems for him; making a commotion.
(2)To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct:
make a dress; made a wall of stones.
(3)To form by assembling individuals or constituents:
make a quorum.
(4)To change from one form or function to another:
make clay into bricks.
(5)To cause to be or become:
made her position clear; a decision that made him happy.
(6)To cause to assume a specified function or role:
made her treasurer; made Chicago his home.
(7)To cause to act in a specified manner:
Heat makes gases expand.
(8)To compel:
made him leave.
(9)To form in the mind:
make an estimate.
(10)To compose:
make verses.
(11)To prepare; fix:
make breakfast.
(12)To get ready or set in order for use:
made the bed.
(13)To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
(14)To engage in:
make war.
(15)To carry out; perform:
make a telephone call; make an incision.
(16)To achieve, produce, or attain:
made peace between the two factions; not making sense; didn't make the quota.
(17)To institute or establish; enact:
make laws.
(18)To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
make a will.
(19)To arrive at; reach:
made Washington in two hours.
(20)To reach in time:
just made the plane.
(21)To attain the rank or position of:
She made lieutenant.
(22)To acquire a place in or on:
made the basketball team; made the morning papers.
(23)To gain or earn, as by working:
make money.
(24)To behave so as to acquire:
make friends.
(25)To score or achieve, as in a sport:
made a field goal.
(26)To assure the success of:
A favorable review from him can make a play.
(27)To favor the development of:
Practice makes a winning team.
(28)To be suited for:
Oak makes strong furniture.
(29)To develop into:
She will make a fine doctor.
(30)To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of:
don't know what to make of the decision.
(31)To calculate as being; estimate:
I make the height 20 feet.
(32)To consider as being:
wasn't the problem some people made it.
(33)To constitute:
Twenty members make a quorum.
(34)To add up to:
Two and two make four.
(35)To amount to:
makes no difference.
(36)To constitute the essence or nature of:
Clothes make the man.
(37)To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding:
You made my day.
(38)To appear to begin (an action):
She made to leave.
(39)Slang To persuade to have sexual intercourse.
v.intr.
(1)To act or behave in a specified manner:
make merry; make free.
(2)To begin or appear to begin an action:
made as if to shake my hand.
(3)To cause something to be as specified:
make ready; make sure.
(4)To proceed in a certain direction:
made for home; made after the thief.
(5)Slang To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like :
made like a ballerina.
(6)To undergo fabrication or manufacture:
This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
(7)To rise or accumulate:
The tide is making.
n.
(1)The act or process of making; manufacturing.
(2)The style or manner in which a thing is made:
disliked the make of her coat.
(3)The amount produced, especially the output of a factory.
(4)A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark:
a famous make of shirt.
(5)The physical or moral nature of a person; character or disposition:
found out what make of man he was.
(6)Slang Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records:
Did you get a make on the assailant?
常用詞組
make for
(1)To have or cause to have a particular effect or result:
small details that make for comfort.
(2)To help promote; further:
makes for better communication.
make off
To depart in haste; run away.
make out
(1)To discern or see, especially with difficulty:
I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
(2)To understand:
could not make out what she was saying.
(3)To write out; draw up:
made out the invoices.
(4)To fill in (a form, for example).
(5)Informal To imply or suggest:
You make me out to be a liar.
(6)Informal To try to establish or prove:
He made out that he was innocent.
(7)To get along in a given way; fare:
made out well in business.
(8)Slang
(9)To neck; pet.
(10)To have sexual intercourse.
make over
(1)To redo; renovate.
(2)To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document:
made over the property to her son.
make up
(1)To put together; construct or compose:
make up a prescription.
(2)To constitute; form:
One hundred years make up a century.
(3)To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
(4)To apply cosmetics.
(5)To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent:
made up an excuse.
(6)To make good (a deficit or lack):
made up the difference in the bill.
(7)To compensate for:
make up the lost time.
(8)To resolve a quarrel:
kissed and made up.
(9)To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to :
made up to his friend's boss.
(10)To take (an examination or a course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
(11)To set in order:
make up a room.
(12)Printing To select and arrange material for:
made up the front page.
make with Slang
(1)To bring into use:
a flirt making with the eyes.
(2)To put forth; produce:
always making with the jokes.
習慣用語
make a clean breast of
To confess fully.
make a face
To distort the features of the face; grimace.
make a go of
To achieve success in:
have made a go of the business.
make away with
(1)To carry off; steal.
(2)To use up or consume.
(3)To kill or destroy.
make believe
To pretend.
make bold
To venture:
I will not make so bold as to criticize such a distinguished scholar.
make bookGames
To accept bets on a race, game, or contest.
make do
To manage to get along with the means available:
had to make do on less income.
make ends meet
To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs.
make eyes
To ogle.
make fun of
To mock; ridicule.
make good
(1)To carry out successfully:
He made good his escape.
(2)To fulfill:
She made good her promise.
(3)To make compensation for; make up for:
made good the loss.
(4)To succeed:
made good as a writer.
make hay
To turn to one's advantage:
The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal.
make it
(1)Informal To be successful:
finally made it as an actor.
(2)Slang To have sexual intercourse.
make light of
To treat as unimportant:
He made light of his illness.
make love
(1)To engage in amorous caressing.
(2)To engage in sexual intercourse.
make much of
To treat as of great importance.
make no bones about
To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely:
They make no bones about their dislike for each other.
make off with
To snatch or steal:
made off with the profits.
make sailNautical
(1)To begin a voyage.
(2)To set sail.
make the grade
To measure up to a given standard.
make the most of
To use to the greatest advantage.
make the sceneSlang
(1)To put in an appearance:
made the scene at the party.
(2)To participate in a specified activity:
made the drug scene.
make time
(1)To move or travel fast, as in an attempt to compensate for lost time.
(2)Slang To make progress toward attracting:
He tried to make time with the new neighbor.
make tracksSlang
To move or leave in a hurry.
make up (one's) mind
To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion.
make wavesSlang
To cause a disturbance or controversy.
make way
(1)To give room for passage; move aside.
(2)To make progress.
on the makeSlang
(1)Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement:
a young executive on the make.
(2)Eagerly seeking a sexual partner.
語源
(1)Middle English maken
(2)from Old English macian * see mag-
繼承用法
mak「able
adj.
英漢船舶大詞典
make ends meet
vi.量入為出,使...收支相抵,靠微薄收入為主
英漢紡織大詞典
make ends meet
vi.量入為出,使...收支相抵,靠微薄收入為主
英漢航海大詞典
make ends meet
vt.量入為出,使...收支相抵
英漢化學大詞典
make ends meet
vi.量入為出,使...收支相抵,靠微薄收入為主
英漢計算機大詞典
make ends meet
vi.量入為出(使...收支相抵,靠微薄收入為主)
英漢機械大詞典
make ends meet
vi.量入為出,使...收支相抵