make up和解;和好;组成;构成;编造，虚构（故事、借口等）;给…化妆;为…打扮;凑足，补齐（数量）;（加班）补足，补上（耽误的时间）;和解;和好;配（食品、药等）;铺（床）;搭（铺）
1.和解、和好
She came back and they made up.
她回来之后他们又和好如初。
They never made up the quarrel
他们再也没能和解。
I'll make it up with him again.
我会与他重归于好。
They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West
他们应该和西方的老对头和解。
Let's make up=让我们和好吧!
Let's break up=让我们分手吧!
That's alright.-Give him/her a hug
没事-给对方一个拥抱
2. 组成;构成，（多见于make up of 或be made up of）
North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country.
北非人构成了该国最大的、也是最贫困的移民群。
Women make up 56% of the student numbers.
女生占学生人数的56%。
Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force
女警占警力的13%。
The group consists of/comprises/is made up of/is composed of/is comprised of ten people.
这个小组由十个人组成。
Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins.
昆虫由数万种蛋白质构成。
3. 编造;虚构
I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
我认为你编造他的谣言很不厚道。
I'm not making it up
我没有瞎编
make sb up=把某人化妆成别的样子
make sth up=把某个事情编造成别的样子
4. （给…）化妆;（为…）打扮（多指上舞台那种化妆）
She spent too much time making herself up.
她在化妆上花去了太多时间。
They made him up as an old man他们把他化妆成一个老人。
She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs
她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
make-up n. 化妆品;性格;气质;组成成分;构成方式
put on your make-up
上妆
Normally she wore little make-up.
她一般不怎么化妆。
I rarely use make-up.
我很少化妆.(我很少用化妆品)
How come! You're wearing make-up!
天!怎么回事?你居然化妆了。
You have no make-up on, I'll do your make-up for you
你没化妆，我得给你化点妆!
She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make-up
她将一些衣服、化妆品和零碎物品放了进去。
5. 凑足;补齐;弥补;补考，重修
Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused
为补偿你为此承受的压力，你要申请额外的补偿金。
Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference.
学生领到的钱有不到一半是助学金，差额部分由贷款补足。
He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
I am not good at singing. I'm here just to make up the number.
我不会唱歌，我在这儿只是滥竽充数。
Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity.
她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。
An apology won’t make up for the way you’ve behaved.
单纯一个道歉无法补救你所做的事。
I bought myself a new dress to make up for not getting the job.
我没有得到那份工作，于是买了一件连衣裙聊以自慰。
You can make your flights carbon neutral by planting trees to make up for the greenhouse gas emissions.
可以通过植树对航空飞行进行碳中和，以抵消温室气体的排放。
My sister needs to make up a course.我的姐姐需要重修一门课程。
6. (加班加点)补足(时间)
They'll have to make up time lost during the strike.
他们不得不加班弥补罢工耽误的时间。
7. 配(菜);配(药)
Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
在搅拌做蛋奶酥的各种原料之前先要把盘子准备好。
8. 铺(床);搭(铺)；整理床铺
Her mother made up a bed in her old room.
她母亲在她曾经住过的房间里铺好了一张床。
I'll make up the bed in your old room
我会把你原来房间的床铺整理好。
9.拿定主意，下定决心make up one’s mind
I suppose it's stupid of us not to be able to make up our own minds
我们自己都没办法拿定主意，这真是太傻了。
At the moment of indecision, we helped them make up their minds.
正在进退两难的当口，我们帮他们下了决心。
I can't abide people who can't make up their minds
我受不了优柔寡断的人。
Make up your mind, you can't have it both ways.
你决定吧，反正鱼与熊掌不可兼得。
