be made of 用……制造的; 由组成; 由…所组成; 由……制成(看得出原材料); 由……制成的; 由…组成,由…构成; 由制成(看出材料)
made adj. 1.…制的,(人工)做成的;拼成的。 2.体格…的。 3.保证成功的。 4.虚构的。 foreign-made [ready-made] clothes 外国做的[现成的]衣服。 made land [ground] 填筑地。 a made story 编造出来的故事。 He is made of money. 他很有钱。 a made dish 杂烩。 well-made体格好的。 a made man 成功者。 be made from 由…制成的。 be made of …制的,用…制成的。 made up of 由…组成。
He was a self-made man: an example of what may be accomplished by cunning and selfishness . 他是一个白手起家的人:一个依靠狡猾和自私而名利双收的典型。
I get self-made men in their 40s and 50s who have never studied a foreign language and are desperate . 我收到了一些年纪在四十和五十的靠个人奋斗而获得成功的人,他们从来没学过一门外语,因而感到悲观失望。
He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy . 他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人,深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。
英文解释
having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"