1、appropriate
適當(dāng)?shù)?合適的;恰當(dāng)?shù)?/strong>
It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list.
名單上大部分是愛爾蘭名字,這沒什么不合適的。
Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job.
著裝要整潔美觀,適合于這份工作。
私占;侵吞;盜用;挪用
Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea.
另外有幾家報(bào)社已盜用了這個創(chuàng)意。
The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
土地完全被統(tǒng)治者霸占。
撥出(專款)
Senator Lugar is skeptical that Congress will appropriate more funding for this purpose.
參議員盧格懷疑國會是否會撥出更多資金用于此目的。
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。