making n. 1.制作(物),制造(物),生产;一次制造量;发展[发达]过程;成功的原因[手段];组织;〔常 pl.〕原料,材料。 2.〔口语〕 〔pl.〕利益,赚头,所得。 3.〔pl.〕素质,要素。 4.〔pl.〕〔美口〕(自卷自抽的)卷烟材料[纸和烟]。 5. (煤矿中挖出来的)粉煤。 the makings of a good garden 一个美好的花园的条件。 be the making of 成为…的基础,保证…的成功 (His failure has been the making of him. 他的失败成了他成功的原因)。 have the makings of 具有…的素质。 in making 制造中,建设中。 in the making 酝酿中的,在发展过程中的;未完成的。
Mr. gradgrind never could make out how it yielded this unaccountable product . 葛擂硬先生绝对不能发现为什么会得到了这个莫名其妙的答案。
I think on the whole it will be better to make out the nomination document for mr. quiverful . 我认为总的说来,最好还是拟就任命奎瓦富先生的公文吧。
So you have to make out a lot of documents for approval by the customs and exchange control people . 所以,要填写许多单证,由海关和外汇管理当局审批。
When the train pulled out i scanned the railroad yard, and finally i could make out a figure waving . 火车出站了,我向调车场张望,果然看到有个人在挥手。
She was meticulous about paying her bills, insisting i make out a bill for what she owed . 她付钱时算得可细了,坚持让我把她应付给我多少钱逐项列出清单来。
She confusedly realised this reversal of her attitudes, but could not make out what it portended . 她糊里糊涂的意识到自己这种相反的态度,但是不知道它会带来什么。
Wearing stockings and slippers , she can make out with her foot the outlines and colors of a picture hidden under a carpet . 还有一次,她穿着长统袜子和拖鞋,用她的脚能看出藏在地毯下面的图片的轮廓和颜色。
A : that ' s a nice sculpture . what ' s it made out of 那个雕像真不错。什么做的啊?
And then he said something i couldn ' t make out .然后他说了一些我不能理解的话。
I could hardly make out anything in the thick fog 在浓雾中我很难辨识任何东西。