1、function
功能;作用;職責(zé)
The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry.
商業(yè)銀行的主要職能是為產(chǎn)業(yè)融資
。工作;運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn);運(yùn)行
The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally.
當(dāng)局稱監(jiān)獄現(xiàn)在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)正常
。Conservation programs cannot function without local support.
沒有地方的支持,自然環(huán)境保護(hù)項(xiàng)目就無(wú)法運(yùn)作
。應(yīng)變量;隨他物變化而變化的事物
Investment is a function of the interest rate.
投資隨著利率的變化而變
。2、make up
組成;構(gòu)成
North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country.
北非人構(gòu)成了該國(guó)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(gòu)
I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
我認(rèn)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(xiàn)實(shí)生活中確實(shí)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(shí)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(shí)候化妝
。