make up
/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ 动词中文： 组成、补上、补、编出
- To constitute, to compose.
- To constitute the components of a whole.
- To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing). · He can make up the time next week.
- To compensate (for). · What I lack in patience, I make up for in drive.· I plan to make up for my failed midterm.
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.). · He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble. · I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook.
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And I think I did very well to make up both General Pinkney and Clementina, don’t you, Joe?
“De lady says dat she’s on to de fact dat gals is dead easy when a feller comes spielin’ ghost stories and tryin’ to make up, and dat’s why she won’t listen to no soft-soap.
He whimpers and cheeps all the night, trying to make up his mind to run into the middle of the room.
I can _stop_ when I make up my mind to it, although it’s difficult.”
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