1、function
功能;作用;职责
The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry.
商业银行的主要职能是为产业融资
。工作;运转;运行
The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally.
当局称监狱现在运转正常
。Conservation programs cannot function without local support.
没有地方的支持,自然环境保护项目就无法运作
。应变量;随他物变化而变化的事物
Investment is a function of the interest rate.
投资随着利率的变化而变
。2、make up
组成;构成
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 officers make up 13 per cent of the police force.
女警占警力的13%
。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. The character exists in real life.
我没有凭空捏造,这种人现实生活中确实存在
。(给…)化妆;(为…)打扮
She spent too much time making herself up.
她在化妆上花去了太多时间
。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
。