make for

英 [meɪk fɔː(r)]

美 [meɪk fɔːr]

走向; 朝…前进; 导致; 造成; 促成

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 向…走去;朝…前进
  If youmake fora place, you move towards it.
  1. He rose from his seat and made for the door.
     他从椅子上起身向门口走去。
• PHRASAL VERB 导致;有利于
  If somethingmakes foranother thing, it causes or helps to cause that thing to happen or exist.
  1. A happy parent makes for a happy child.
     有快乐的父母，才会有快乐的孩子。

英英释义

verb

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  1. I cannot work a miracle
  2. wreak havoc
  3. bring comments
  4. play a joke
  5. The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
  Synonym:bringworkplaywreak

双语例句

• Long days, high salaries and the widespread availability of service startups in the bay area make for some interesting use cases.
  工作时间长，薪水丰厚，还有湾区俯拾皆是的服务类初创公司催生了一些有趣的应用案例。
• He rose from his seat and made for the door.
  他从椅子上起身向门口走去。
• Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.
  你们要谨慎，免得忘记耶和华你们神与你们所立的约，为自己雕刻偶像，就是耶和华你神所禁止你作的偶像。
• It must make for a very complicated pitch process.
  这肯定会让争取交易的过程非常复杂。
• Good communications normally make for better understanding.
  有益的交流往往有助于更好地相互了解。
• As a result, cocoa prices are at a 32-year high, which should make for some very expensive Easter baskets this spring.
  因此，可可价格达到32年来最高位，这将令今年春天的部分复活节礼品篮非常昂贵。
• He anxiously desired to have his niece married, to make for her a suitable match.
  他亟想把他内侄女嫁出去，给他找个门当户对的配偶。
• These attributes make for a robust framework that delivers applications that are reusable, easy to create, and adapt to change with minimal effort.
  这些特征形成了一个可靠的框架，能交付可重用、易用的应用程序，而且这些应用程序只需进行极少工作就能适应各种变更。
• It has often been said that opposites attract but research suggests that initial spark of attraction soon fades and does not make for a long and happy married life.
  人们常说异性相吸，但是调查显示，一时擦出的火花很快就会消退，并不能带来长久而快乐的婚姻生活。
• Predictions make for better copy, but not always smarter copy.
  能做出预测固然显得高明，但有时未必是明智之举。