making
n. 製造; 產生的過程; 成功改進的手段; 原料,材料
v. “make”的現在分詞
The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it.
...Salamon's book about the making of this movie...
薩拉蒙有關本片製作過程的書
Ducks' eggs are particularly prized for cake making.
鴨蛋在做糕餅時,格外重要。
If you describe a person or thing as something in the making, you mean that they are going to become known or recognized as that thing.
Her drama teacher is confident Julie is a star in the making...
朱莉的戲劇老師相信她會成為一顆冉冉升起的明星。
I think it's a disaster in the making.
我認為這會是一場災難。
If something is the making of a person or thing, it is the reason that they become successful or become very much better than they used to be.
This discovery may yet be the making of him.
這次的發現也許會成為他成功的契機。
If you say that a person or thing has the makings of something, you mean it seems possible or likely that they will become that thing, as they have the necessary qualities.
Godfrey had the makings of a successful journalist.
戈弗雷具有成為一名成功記者的潛質。
If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
Some of the university's financial troubles are of its own making...
這所大學的一些經濟困難是由其自身造成的。
The Prime Minister, however, is now caught in a trap of her own making.
但是,首相現在卻落入了她自己設下的圈套之中。
1. the act that results in something coming to be;
be the making of someone
保證某人成功;保證某人順利發展
in the making
在發展中;在形成中;在製造中
of one's (own) making
(困難)自身造成的
I saw him making signs at us.
我看見他向我們做著手勢.
He was making a name for himself as one of the moderns.
他正給自已樹立現代派畫家的聲譽.
He is making a bid to regain his World No. 1 ranking.
他正為重登世界排名第一位而努力.
She resolved on making an early start.
她決定早早出發.
She was always making mischief between them.
她總是在他們之間撥弄是非.