| 单词 | make for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make for —— to make for —— 1. intransitive. To operate in favour of, be favourable to; to confirm (a view, etc.); to tend to the advancement or progress of; to favour, conduce to, further, aid. Cf. sense 55b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (intransitive)] > tend to the advancement of someone or something to make for ——a1500 make1726 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 753 Þe lawis imperialle..Makys for þe Broys Robert, And noucht for Iohun þe Ballyollys part. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 59 The wynde made well for vs in ower way. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii Ioynynge also therto the gostly exercise and experience of holy fathers, as I thought them to make most for my purpose. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xiv. 19 Let vs folowe tho thinges which make for peace. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. C4v But say wee should beleeue it, what doth it make for thee? 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 87 None denie there is a God, but those for whom it maketh that there were no God. 1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman i. Pref. F iv b Is there any thing that makes more for him, then that they upbrayd him with? 1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 273 How our Author augments, or diminisheth..the truth of things, as they make most convenient for his purpose. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 103 A Doctrin..such as makes neither for the Honour of God, nor for the Safety of Man. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 158. ¶1 Out of a firm Regard for Impartiality I print these Letters, let them make for me or not. 1715 in Notes & Queries (1986) Mar. 18/1 The Trumpet's not being in use at that time, makes very much for Homer's Purpose in this Place. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxi. 217 The acknowledgement makes not for your glory. 1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle vii. 140 Your story makes for my side of the question. 1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 24 Whatever makes for lounging and contentment, makes just so surely for domestic happiness. 1890 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 165/2 Figures, if you carefully select those which make for you, and as carefully ignore those which make against you, can..be made to prove anything. 1894 Times 25 May 9/5 The forces and conditions which make for sea power. 1948 Sporting Mirror 21 May 3/1 It made for exciting cricket. 1978 J. Morris Oxford (rev. ed.) viii. 78 The damp effluvia of Oxford make for catarrh and lassitude, but also keep this city miraculously green. 1989 B. Mukherjee Jasmine (1990) ii. 11 A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (intransitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess pretend1494 to make for ——c1522 bear1641 c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 72 This medicyne thoughe thou make a sowre face at it, is not so bytter as thou makeste for. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 222/1 Whyther Luthers matters bee so madde as they bee made for, that shall we see hereafter. 3. intransitive. To proceed or direct one's course towards; to go in the direction of; (also) to assail, make to attack.Not frequent before the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] thinkeOE bowa1000 seta1000 scritheOE minlOE turnc1175 to wend one's wayc1225 ettlec1275 hieldc1275 standc1300 to take (the) gatec1330 bear?c1335 applyc1384 aim?a1400 bend1399 hita1400 straighta1400 bounc1400 intendc1425 purposec1425 appliquec1440 stevenc1440 shape1480 make1488 steera1500 course1555 to make out1558 to make in1575 to make for ——a1593 to make forth1594 plyc1595 trend1618 tour1768 to lie up1779 head1817 loop1898 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I2 I see our soules are fleeted hence..Make for a new life, man. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 115 in Purple Island And glorious Angels on their wings it [sc. a soul] taking,..for heaven making. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 170 One of these [ships]..made directly for us. 1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story IV. xii. 151 Sandford,..without a word in reply, made for the door. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vi. 55/1 The wounded eagle is said to make for its own eyrie. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1860) xxii. 169 Don't..get frightened; make for the shore. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §6. 145 They had hardly landed at Dover before they made straight for London. 1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 July 434/1 They will at once ‘make for’ each other's eyes. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xiii. 104 Each withdrew to a far corner of his own corral, and then they made for each other at a gallop. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. ii. 26 He took his leave of Mrs Parsons and made for the door. 1989 Scots Mag. Feb. 507 The boat..made for the cliffs near the rock stacks of Macleod's Maidens. to make (an object) for (also to be) a. transitive. To descry or discern as from the top of a mast or tower; to come in sight of; = to make out at Phrasal verbs 1. to make (an object) for (also to be): to discern (an object) to be. Cf. sense 59a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > come in sight of rear1555 open1574 make1587 raise1589 1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 770 The 16 of October we made land, but we knew not what land it was, bearing in with the same land at that day. 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 536 Wee had sight of an Island, which we made to be Iamaica. a1594 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1600) III. 294 And in the meane time the other Spanish shippe..got away; whom our Viceadmirall intended to pursue: but some of their men in the toppe made certaine rockes, which they saw aboue water neere the shoare, to be Gallies of Hauana and Cartagena, coming from Hauana to rescue the two Ships. c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 96 A place whence they discouer ships at sea which they call makinge a sayle. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 4 Which afterwardes wee made to be a small Frenchman. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 33 I descryed a sayle which I made for a sattie. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 3 June (1972) VII. 142 At his coming into port, could make another ship of the King's coming in. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. To Rdr. The Lizard being..the first Land made at their return home. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 139 [He] at last made the Coasts of Brasilia. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4422/7 It was thought proper that this Ship should go down to make them perfectly. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 292 I order'd the Pinnace to be mann'd and arm'd, and sent her away to make what she was. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 8 We..made the Coast of Galloway in Ireland, the tenth. 1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal III. i. iii. 12 The man at his mast-head had made the land. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiii. 162 We made Barbadoes without any further adventure, and were about ten miles off the bay. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 124 If we could make land, we should know where we were. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 171 Poor Grant made the light, sometime after nightfall. < as lemmas |
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