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单词 making
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Definition of making in English:

making

noun ˈmeɪkɪŋˈmeɪkɪŋ
  • 1mass noun The process of making or producing something.

    the making of videos
    in combination decision-making
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Parker and Stone confirm the actual making of the film has been laborious and exhausting.
    • The applicant contends that he did not authorise the making of those consent orders.
    • For example, we developed every major innovation in the iron and steel making process.
    • Should children not be involved in the actual making of those films?
    • The essence of these reforms is to further promote and facilitate the making of agreements at the workplace level.
    • Mr Goldberg accepts in those circumstances that Mr Brannigan orally authorised the making of the application.
    • Moreover, actual decision making was more complex than simply one drug and its attendant cluster of factors.
    • They research for biographical, theoretical and historical points of decision makings and portray an unusual life between philosophy and revolt.
    Synonyms
    manufacture, manufacturing, mass production, building, construction, assembly, production, producing, creation, creating, putting together, modelling, fabrication, invention, forming, formation, moulding, forging, composition
  • 2makingsThe essential qualities needed for something.

    she had the makings of a great teacher
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Put all these volatile elements together and we certainly have the makings of a heady, and potentially somewhat unstable, mixture for investment opportunities.
    • We have the makings there but the staff really need more support.
    • It had all the makings of a tragedy and shows the dangers of candles and the importance of smoke alarms.
    • Our offer was accepted this morning and there is no chain in either direction, so fingers crossed, it has the makings of a smooth operation.
    • The Penguins had all the makings of a Cup contender: a lethal offense, good goaltending, and good coaching.
    • I ran a vague idea past him feeling a bit unsure and between us, bouncing ideas of each other, I now have the makings of a really good plot I think…
    • Significantly, a small district in Andhra Pradesh offers a few lessons on the makings of a people-friendly system of administration.
    • If cut for lumber, this single tree would yield 600, 120 board feet, the makings of 40 five-room houses.
    • A nice day weather-wise is always the makings of the event.
    • Toss in anxiety about consumerism, the environment, commercialism, sex and violence and you've got the makings of a great play.
    • A dual-winner last season, Josh has the makings of a high-class horse and, although unproven over this seven furlongs I think he will cope with the longer trip.
    • ‘Eddie's got the makings of a driver who can win motor races, but he's got to focus more,’ said Stewart.
    • Amit Roy reports on the makings of a fine literary kerfuffle.
    • And this spring has the makings of a property bonanza with the lowest mortgage rates in 35 years available amid cut-throat competition.
    • The prohibition on capital controls has the makings of a US foreign policy debacle.
    • Northampton have got the stadium, they've got the fans, and now, thanks to Bruce Reihana, they may have the makings of a serious Heineken Cup challenge.
    • Sounds like the makings of a nice political thriller.
    • The production is called ‘Red Riding Hood’ and I believe it's got all the makings of a hilarious night of entertainment.
    • We should have the makings of a very workable plan so we can have an orderly evacuation of Port-of-Spain.
    • Essentially, we now have the makings of a scrap over Britain's life companies that was predicted by this paper at the turn of the year.
    Synonyms
    qualities, characteristics, ingredients, potential, promise, capacity, capability
    essentials, essence, beginnings, rudiments, basics, materials, stuff
    1. 2.1makingsAustralian, North American, NZ informal Paper and tobacco for rolling a cigarette.
      he reached for his tobacco tin and makings
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Deputy French took a small white bag of tobacco from his shirt pocket, shaking the makings into a waiting cigarette paper, he began to roll it round.
  • 3makingsdated, informal Earnings or profit.

Phrases

  • be the making of someone

    • Ensure someone's success or favourable development.

      this place has been the making of me in many ways
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘The army or navy can be the making of them,’ he says.
      • He got into trouble with the law at an early age with him being sent to an Approved School, a move which he said was the making of him.
      • The workingclass background will be the making of him.
      • A lot of needling went on just about constantly, but it was the making of you in a strange way.
      • Years later, the same traits have been the making of him.
      • Recovering from this breakdown was the making of him, he says now.
      • Ironically, Stuart's 14 years in jail were the making of him.
      • I was quite happy to accept the pressures and responsibilities, and in many ways it's been the making of me.
      • He says that it was the making of him - that he came back from his hell a better person.
      • But if McConnell can stand the strain, some allies also believe it could be the making of him.
  • in the making

    • In the process of developing or being made.

      a campaign that's been two years in the making
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is the way of the grown-up world, we are told, and aren't we a world city in the making?
      • A replica traction engine more than a decade in the making by a father and son team is almost complete.
      • It was news in the making; made entirely by Alastair Campbell and in precisely the way he wanted.
      • When he says the opinion of good men is knowledge in the making, he means good men, not clever men.
      • But most of the cases have been a long time in the making and are still struggling to reach resolution.
      • Then, there you are, seated among the stars with a front-line view of movie history in the making.
      • Six years in the making and England have a cricket team to be proud of.
      • In other words you could be looking at documentary history in the making.
      • Although he looks to be a chaser in the making, Laouen is currently showing rapid progress over hurdles.
      • An Irish point-to-point winner last year, Galero is a steeplechaser in the making.
      Synonyms
      budding, burgeoning, coming, emergent, growing, developing, nascent, potential, promising, up and coming, incipient
  • of one's (own) making

    • (of a difficulty) caused by oneself.

      he faces a dilemma substantially of his own making
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Do not,’ I said, ‘say there is no problem when I'm in the middle of a problem of your making.’
      • We appear caught in a new type of security dilemma of our own making.
      • Walk away from a mess that is none of your making.
      • If you make a mistake, you apologise. You do not denigrate someone else to get yourself out of a hole of your own making.
      • It was those ‘who decided not to accept that offer’ who are now faced with difficulties of their own making, he said.
      • I say to the Labor Party, this is a problem of your own making.
      • Mention of the Stamford Bridge club brings into focus a difficulty for Fletcher that is not of his own making.
      • Now I know that there is no way to get over the trauma of my own making but by myself.
      • The respondent submits that the applicant's difficulties are of his own making.
      • However, we have tried to turn a difficult situation not of our making into an opportunity.

Rhymes

taking, undertaking
 
 

Definition of making in US English:

making

nounˈmeɪkɪŋˈmākiNG
  • 1The process of making or producing something.

    the making of videos
    in combination glassmaking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Goldberg accepts in those circumstances that Mr Brannigan orally authorised the making of the application.
    • Should children not be involved in the actual making of those films?
    • For example, we developed every major innovation in the iron and steel making process.
    • The essence of these reforms is to further promote and facilitate the making of agreements at the workplace level.
    • The applicant contends that he did not authorise the making of those consent orders.
    • But Parker and Stone confirm the actual making of the film has been laborious and exhausting.
    • They research for biographical, theoretical and historical points of decision makings and portray an unusual life between philosophy and revolt.
    • Moreover, actual decision making was more complex than simply one drug and its attendant cluster of factors.
    Synonyms
    manufacture, manufacturing, mass production, building, construction, assembly, production, producing, creation, creating, putting together, modelling, fabrication, invention, forming, formation, moulding, forging, composition
  • 2makingsEssential qualities or ingredients needed for something.

    a film with all the makings of a cinematic success
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Penguins had all the makings of a Cup contender: a lethal offense, good goaltending, and good coaching.
    • If cut for lumber, this single tree would yield 600, 120 board feet, the makings of 40 five-room houses.
    • The prohibition on capital controls has the makings of a US foreign policy debacle.
    • A dual-winner last season, Josh has the makings of a high-class horse and, although unproven over this seven furlongs I think he will cope with the longer trip.
    • And this spring has the makings of a property bonanza with the lowest mortgage rates in 35 years available amid cut-throat competition.
    • Northampton have got the stadium, they've got the fans, and now, thanks to Bruce Reihana, they may have the makings of a serious Heineken Cup challenge.
    • Put all these volatile elements together and we certainly have the makings of a heady, and potentially somewhat unstable, mixture for investment opportunities.
    • We have the makings there but the staff really need more support.
    • Sounds like the makings of a nice political thriller.
    • ‘Eddie's got the makings of a driver who can win motor races, but he's got to focus more,’ said Stewart.
    • I ran a vague idea past him feeling a bit unsure and between us, bouncing ideas of each other, I now have the makings of a really good plot I think…
    • The production is called ‘Red Riding Hood’ and I believe it's got all the makings of a hilarious night of entertainment.
    • It had all the makings of a tragedy and shows the dangers of candles and the importance of smoke alarms.
    • Essentially, we now have the makings of a scrap over Britain's life companies that was predicted by this paper at the turn of the year.
    • Our offer was accepted this morning and there is no chain in either direction, so fingers crossed, it has the makings of a smooth operation.
    • We should have the makings of a very workable plan so we can have an orderly evacuation of Port-of-Spain.
    • Amit Roy reports on the makings of a fine literary kerfuffle.
    • A nice day weather-wise is always the makings of the event.
    • Significantly, a small district in Andhra Pradesh offers a few lessons on the makings of a people-friendly system of administration.
    • Toss in anxiety about consumerism, the environment, commercialism, sex and violence and you've got the makings of a great play.
    Synonyms
    qualities, characteristics, ingredients, potential, promise, capacity, capability
    1. 2.1makingsNorth American, Australian, NZ informal Paper and tobacco for rolling a cigarette.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Deputy French took a small white bag of tobacco from his shirt pocket, shaking the makings into a waiting cigarette paper, he began to roll it round.
  • 3makingsdated, informal Money made; earnings or profit.

Phrases

  • be the making of someone

    • Ensure someone's success or favorable development.

      this place has been the making of me in many ways
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Years later, the same traits have been the making of him.
      • Ironically, Stuart's 14 years in jail were the making of him.
      • Recovering from this breakdown was the making of him, he says now.
      • He got into trouble with the law at an early age with him being sent to an Approved School, a move which he said was the making of him.
      • He says that it was the making of him - that he came back from his hell a better person.
      • But if McConnell can stand the strain, some allies also believe it could be the making of him.
      • I was quite happy to accept the pressures and responsibilities, and in many ways it's been the making of me.
      • ‘The army or navy can be the making of them,’ he says.
      • A lot of needling went on just about constantly, but it was the making of you in a strange way.
      • The workingclass background will be the making of him.
  • in the making

    • In the process of developing or being made.

      a campaign that's been two years in the making
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When he says the opinion of good men is knowledge in the making, he means good men, not clever men.
      • An Irish point-to-point winner last year, Galero is a steeplechaser in the making.
      • It is the way of the grown-up world, we are told, and aren't we a world city in the making?
      • But most of the cases have been a long time in the making and are still struggling to reach resolution.
      • Six years in the making and England have a cricket team to be proud of.
      • Then, there you are, seated among the stars with a front-line view of movie history in the making.
      • Although he looks to be a chaser in the making, Laouen is currently showing rapid progress over hurdles.
      • It was news in the making; made entirely by Alastair Campbell and in precisely the way he wanted.
      • In other words you could be looking at documentary history in the making.
      • A replica traction engine more than a decade in the making by a father and son team is almost complete.
      Synonyms
      budding, burgeoning, coming, emergent, growing, developing, nascent, potential, promising, up and coming, incipient
  • of one's (own) making

    • (of a difficulty) caused by oneself.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I say to the Labor Party, this is a problem of your own making.
      • If you make a mistake, you apologise. You do not denigrate someone else to get yourself out of a hole of your own making.
      • Mention of the Stamford Bridge club brings into focus a difficulty for Fletcher that is not of his own making.
      • It was those ‘who decided not to accept that offer’ who are now faced with difficulties of their own making, he said.
      • ‘Do not,’ I said, ‘say there is no problem when I'm in the middle of a problem of your making.’
      • The respondent submits that the applicant's difficulties are of his own making.
      • Walk away from a mess that is none of your making.
      • Now I know that there is no way to get over the trauma of my own making but by myself.
      • We appear caught in a new type of security dilemma of our own making.
      • However, we have tried to turn a difficult situation not of our making into an opportunity.
 
 
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