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单词 make something good
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make something good

1Compensate for loss, damage, or expense: if I scratched the table I’d make good the damage...
  • The smallest number we ever sold, by the way, was 60 out of 1,000; but fortunately my predecessor as man in charge had made a deal with a rich enthusiast that any loss on the book would be made good.
  • Although population losses can be made good very quickly, in Ireland population growth remained low for the rest of the century as a result of late marriage.
  • These early losses were made good through new building and captured Axis ships.
1.1Repair or restore after damage: make good the wall where you have buried the cable

Synonyms

repair, mend, fix, patch up, put right, set right, put to rights, see to;
restore, remedy, rectify, put back into its original condition, make as good as new;
rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, refit, refurbish, recondition;
Northern English fettle
2Fulfil a promise or claim: I challenged him to make good his boast...
  • Now they are under strong pressure to make their promises good.
  • Mr Rubin submitted that tracing was unnecessary to make this claim good.
  • The townships are still there, the promise to replace them is still there and so far the hope that the promises will be made good has survived, just.

Synonyms

fulfil, carry out, carry through, implement, execute, effect, discharge, perform, honour, redeem;
keep, observe, abide by, comply with, obey, respect, conform to, stick to, act in accordance with, act according to, have regard to, heed, follow, pay attention to, defer to, take notice of, be bound by, keep faith with, live up to, stand by, adhere to
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