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

• Pinch out the tips of the young growths to make for compact, bushy plants.
  掐掉幼株的芽尖以便让它们长得紧凑浓密，呈丛生状。
• However, it allows the less-disciplined to go dark for long periods, which can make for some rather difficult merge sessions and rework.
  但是，它允许更少纪律性的人员忽略长时间，这使得合并和重复变得更加困难。
• The world will make for those who are goal-directed and far-sighted.
  世界会向那些有目标和远见的人让路（冯两努&香港著名推销商）
• 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。
• Change that does not return to policies that empower government to make our choices for us, but that works to ensure that we have choices to make for ourselves.
  变化不是回到那些使政府更加强大，并且让政府替我们做决定的政策中去，而是努力做到我们确保可以为自己作出决定。
• He rose from his seat and made for the door.
  他从椅子上起身向门口走去。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nervous investors make for rough markets.
  投资者的紧张情绪又造就了艰难的市场环境。
• Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
  所以我们务要追求和睦的事，与彼此建立德行的事。