你是否也曾被Make up搞昏頭呢? ，它的用法好多呀! 現在讓我們一起來看看吧!
1. make-up是「化妝品」
I put on the make-up before the meeting.
在開會前我先化了妝。
2. 當作「組成」使用：be made up of ※注意這裡是被動式哦 Our country is made up of several races. 我們的國家由幾個不同的族群所組成。
3. Make up sth. 組成、構成。
Car accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.車禍傷者幾乎佔了醫院病人的四分之一。
4. 可作為「和解」使用 My mother and dad had a fight in the morning but soon they made up. 爸媽在早上吵了架但他們很快就和好了。
5. 當作「補上；補償；彌補；替代」使用，所以「補班」也可以這樣用哦 You'll have to make up the work you missed while you were away.你必須補做缺勤期間本應完成的工作。
6. 當作「補償」使用: make up for
No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.無論多少錢都無法補償孩子的死。
7. 當作「補償（自己傷害了的人）」:make it up to sb
I'm sorry we can't take you with us, but I promise I'll make it up to you somehow.很抱歉我們不能帶你去，但我保證以後設法補償你。
8. 當作「編造」使用
The story he told you was totally fake. He made it up as an excuse.
他告訴你的故事是假的，他為了找藉口而虛構。
9. 當作「準備；安排；整理」
Could you make up a list of all the things that need to be done?你能否將要做的所有事情列張清單？
10. 當作「補充，補足」
I have £20,000 and I need £25,000 but my parents have promised to make up the difference.我有兩萬英鎊，但我卻需要兩萬五千，幸好父母答應幫我湊齊。
11. 當作「下定決心」：make up one’s mind
She made up her mind to have a brand new life after she broke up with her boyfriend.
在和男友分手後，她下定決心要開始新的生活。
12. 當作「討好、奉承、巴結某人」:make up to sb.
Have you seen the disgusting way she makes up to the boss?
你見過她巴結老闆的醜態嗎？
13. 相關諺語(idiom): make up for lost time 彌補失去的時光、盡情享受
I didn't travel much in my twenties but I'm certainlymaking up for lost time now.我二十多歲時很少去旅行，現在一定要彌補失去的時光。
參考資料: Cambridge Dictionary
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