1、make up

組成;構成

North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country.

北非人構成了該國最大的、也是最貧困的移民群。

Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force.

女警占警力的13%。

編造;虛構

I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.

我認為你編造他的謠言很不厚道。

I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life.

我沒有憑空捏造，這種人現實生活中確實存在。

（給…）化妝;（為…）打扮

She spent too much time making herself up.

她在化妝上花去了太多時間。

She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs.

她選擇瑪吉為她拍訂婚照的時候化妝。

湊足;補齊

Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference.

學生領到的錢有不到一半是助學金，差額部分由貸款補足。

The team had six professionals and made the number up with five amateurs.

該隊有6名職業(yè)運動員和湊數的5名業(yè)余運動員。

2、bring down

使（政府或當權者）垮臺

They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.

他們威脅要退出執(zhí)政聯盟，讓政府垮臺。

His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.

他的挑戰(zhàn)導致了撒切爾夫人的下臺。

射落；擊落；擊倒

Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.

軍事史學家們可能永遠也不會知道是什么擊落了這架噴氣式飛機。