also makeup, "manner in which something is put together," 1821, from make (v.) + up. Cosmetics sense is from 1886; verbal phrase make up "to apply cosmetics" is from 1808.
权威例句
1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
我们活着是为了什么?不就是给邻居当笑柄,再反过来笑他们。
2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
有时候要到达谷底,才会慢慢变好。
3. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
人生就应该是快乐的,要抓住每一天,孩子们,让你们的生活变得非凡起来。
4. These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.