makes
v. 使( make的第三人稱單數 ); 成為; 做; 認為
You can use make with a wide range of nouns to indicate that someone performs an action or says something. For example, if you make a suggestion, you suggest something.
I'd just like to make a comment...
我只想稍加評論。
I made a few phone calls...
我打了幾個電話。
You can use make with certain nouns to indicate that someone does something well or badly. For example, if you make a success of something, you do it successfully, and if you make a mess of something, you do it very badly.
Apparently he made a mess of his audition...
看樣子他把試鏡搞砸了。
Are you really going to make a better job of it this time?
這一次你真的能做得更好嗎?
If you make as if to do something or make to do something, you behave in a way that makes it seem that you are just about to do it.
Mary made as if to protest, then hesitated...
瑪麗好像要抗議,卻又猶豫了。
He made to chase Davey, who ran back laughing.
他假裝要去追趕一邊往回跑一邊大笑的戴維。
In cricket, if a player makes a particular number of runs, they score that number of runs. In baseball or American football, if a player makes a particular score, they achieve that score.
He made 1,972 runs for the county.
他為本郡贏得了1,972分。
If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good.
Why make do with a copy if you can afford the genuine article?...
要是買得起真品,為什麼還要拿複製品來湊合呢?
We're a bit low on bed linen. You'll have to make do.
我們的床單有些次,您將就著用吧。
If you make like you are doing something, you act as if you are doing it, and if you make like someone, you act as if you are that person.
Bob makes like he's a fish blowing bubbles.
鮑勃裝成一條吐泡泡的魚。
It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.
在減肥過程中保持飲食的營養相對均衡是明智的。
The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian.
土耳其局勢將成為明天《衛報》的頭條。
She now makes wonderful dried flower arrangements to order.
現在她為顧客定做漂亮的乾花插花。
Maybe I eat too much and that's what makes me dozy.
也許我吃得太多了,所以昏昏欲睡。
So tell me what this molecule does that makes it special.
那麼告訴我這個分子有何作用而使其與眾不同。