| 释义 |
Examples:making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers—individual characters (making up an expression)—loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument—a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down the times of Confucius—parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)—individual parts making up a compound—make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)—peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)—make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)—make up a shortfall in the number of people—benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls— |