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

• Even within countries, differences between regions make for different markets.
  即便在同一个国家，地区差异也会形成不同的市场。
• The material insecurities of life make for its spiritual establishment.
  物质的缺乏常是灵力的建设。
• 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。
• It is simply a personal choice that people make for their own reasons.
  那只是别人根据自己的理由做出的私人选择。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Or, in other words, just more than Britney Spears will make for two years of judging the X factor.
  换句话说，只是比小甜甜布兰妮•斯皮尔斯担任两年《英国偶像》（TheXFactor）评委的收入高一点。
• Not to mention that substituting algorithms for doctors would make for really dull TV.
  更不用说一旦用算法取代医生，电视剧将变得多么无趣。
• Those tweaks make for a serious speed boost compared to the nook color.
  这些配置使得新款Nook较之老款NookColor速度大大提升。