1 N-UNCOUNT [n NOUN] 制作;制造;形成 The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it. 制作;制造;形成
SYN creation, production, manufacture, construction
2 PHRASE 在成长中;在形成中 If you describe a person or thing as something in the making, you mean that they are going to become known or recognized as that thing. 在成长中;在形成中
SYN budding, potential, up and coming, emergent
3 PHRASE 是…成功(或改善)的原因 If something is the making of a person or thing, it is the reason that they become successful or become very much better than they used to be. 是…成功(或改善)的原因
4 PHRASE 具备成为…的素质(或内在因素、必要条件、潜在能力) If you say that a person or thing has the makings of something, you mean it seems possible or likely that they will become that thing, as they have the necessary qualities. 具备成为…的素质(或内在因素、必要条件、潜在能力)
5 PHRASE (问题等)自己造成的;咎由自取 If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself. (问题等)自己造成的;咎由自取
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Some of the university's financial troubles are of its own making.
这所大学的一些经济困难是由其自身造成的。
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The Prime Minister, however, is now caught in a trap of her own making.
但是,首相现在却落入了她自己设下的圈套之中。
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