make-up noun

1 [U] substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance 化妆品：eye mafce-up 眼妆◊ to put on your make-up 上.妆◊ She never wears mafce-up.她从来不■化妆。a mafce-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models)化妆师.2 [sing.] the different qualities that combine to form sb's character or being 格；气质：Jea〖oasy is not part 〇/ his mafce-up.嫉炉不 是他的本质。◊ a person’s generic mafce-up —个人的遗传 性格 3 [sing.] ~ (of sth) the different things, people, etc. that combine to form sth; the way in which they combine 组成成分；构成方式：t/ie mafce-up 〇/ a 7V audience 电视观众的构& ◊     术语）the page

make-up of a text (= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page)文本的版面设计   note

at structure 4 [C] (NAm£) a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one 补考 make-weight /'meikweit/ noun an unimportant person or thing that is only added or included in sth in order to make it the correct number, quantity, size, etc.充数 的人（或物）

make-work noun [u] [NAm£) work that has little value but is given to people to keep them busy.(占用人手的） 无价值的工作；h"发时间的无意义工作：仿some departments there is too much mafce-worfc.有些部门的无 聊琐事太多。◊ TTiese are si'mpiy mafce-worfc schemes /or accoimtcmto.这些方案只不过是让会计师继续忙碌而已。 making /'meikii]/ noun [U] ~ (of sth) (often in compounds 常构成复合词）tlie act or process of making or producing sth 4产；‘造：strategic decision making 战“•决策 o/iZ/n-niafcfng 鈿片◊ dressmaking 制衣.◊ tea and cqfifee making /aciZiries 沏茶煮咖啡的用爲◊ the making of social policy 社会政籴的制定一see also haymaking, non-profit IR1B1 be the 'making of sb to make sb become a better or more successful person 使成为更好（或更有作为）的人：University was the making 〇/Joe•大学造就f ■养。have the ’makings of sth to have the qualities that are necessary to become sth具备了成为…的必要条件：Her /irst nove〖 has aH the mafcfngs 〇/a dasdc.她的_一部小说堪称经典之作。in the 'making in the process of becoming sth or of being made在生产（或形成）过程中：This modd was two years in the mafcing.这种型号是用两年时间制成的。◊ TTiese events_ are history m the making.这些事将载入史 册。of your own 'making (of a problem, difficulty, etc.问题、困难等）created by you rather than by sb/stli else自己造成的

ma-kuti /mae'kuiti/ noun [pi.] the leaves of a palm tree, used as a material to make fences, baskets, etc. and roofs，especially on the coast of E Africa 马库提（尤指

东非海滨的一种棕榈树叶，用于篱笆、篮筐、屋顶等> : a mafcuri roo/马库提屋顶

mal- /mael/ combining form (in nouns, verbs and adjectives h成名词、动词和形容词）bad or badly; not correct or correctly 糟糕；坏；错误：malpractice 玩忽 职守◊ malodorous 有恶;^的◊ md_/^ncrion ^(障 mal-ach-ite /'maelakait/ noun [U] a green mineral that can be polished, used to make decorative objects ?L 雀石

mal.adjusted /,maela_d3Astid/  (especially of chil­

dren 尤指 儿童） having mental and emotional problems that lead to unacceptable behaviour 适应不良的；心理 失调的一compare well adjusted ► mal.adjust.ment /,mael0'd3Astm0nt/ noun [U]

mal.admin.is.tra.tion /,maelad_mim丨streij*n/  [u]

{formal) the fact of managing a business or an organiza- tion in a bad or dishonest way 管理不善；腐败 maladroit Amaela’droit/ adj. {formal) done without skill, especially in a way that annoys or offends people 不灵巧的；笨拙的H33 CLUMSY mal-ady /'maeladi/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 (formal) a serious problem 严重问 _ ;痼疾 HT1 ill ： Violent crime is onZy one 〇/ the mdadies aj5f?kting modem society•暴力 犯罪仅仅是困扰现代社会的严重问题之一。2 (oW use) an illness 疾病

1223 malevolent

mal-aise /me'leiz/ noun [U, sing.] {formal) 1 the problems affecting a particular situation or group of people that are difficult to explain or identify (广泛存在的 > 难以 捉摸的问题，无“描述的问题：economfc/^nancial/ social malaise揣摩不透的经济/金融/社‘问题2 a general feeling of being ill/sick，unhappy or not satis­fied, without signs of any particular problem 莫名的.不 适（或不快、不满等）unease： a serious malaise among the stai员工极为不满的情绪 mala-prop-ism /'maelaprDpizam; NAmE -pra:p-/ noun an amusing mistake sb makes when they use a word which sounds similar to the word they wanted to use, but means sth different近音词误用（常产生滑稽的效 果）：KTiffaiTl From Mrs Malaprop, a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play The Rivals, who confuses words like this all the time•源自理査德•布林 斯利•谢里丹的戏剧《情敌》中的人物马拉普洛普太太， 她总是误用词语。

mal-aria /ma'learia; NAmE -'ler-/ noun [U] a disease that causes fever and shivering (= shaking of the body) caused by the bite of some types of mosquito 疮疾 ► mal-ar-ial /-ial/ adj. ： malarial insects/patients/re- gions传播疟疾的昆虫；疟疾病人/流行区域 ma-lar-key /ma'laiki; NAmE ma'lairki/ noun [U] {informal, disapproving) behaviour or an idea that you think is nonsense or has no meaning 无聊的话语（或行为）.； 废话

Ma-lay-alam /.mAla'jailam; ,ma:l0-/ noun [U] a language spoken in Kerala in SW India马拉雅拉姆语，马拉亚兰 语（印度西南部喀拉拉邦的语言） mal-con-tent /'maelkantent; NAmE .maelkantent/ noun [usually pi.] (formal, disapproving) a person who is not satisfied with a situation and who complains about it, or causes trouble in order to change it 不满者；牢骚满 腹的人；反叛者 male /meil/ adj., noun

m adj. 1 (abbr. m) belonging to the sex that does not give birth to babies; connected with this sex 男性的；雄性 的；男的：a maZe bird 雄鸟' ◊ AH the attacfcers were ma〖e, aged between 25 and 30.所有的攻击者都是男性， 年龄在 25 到 30 岁之间。◊ a mate mxrse/modei/ coZleague 男护士 / 模特）[/同事◊ maZe attitudes to women 男人对女人的看maZe bonding (= the act of forming dose friendships between men)男性间的亲密 友谊◊ the male menopause (= emotional and physical problems that affect some men at about the age of 50) 男性更年期一see also alpha male 一 compare mascu- line         •.丨1) 2 (b/o/ogy 生）（of most plants'大多数植物）

producing pollen 雄性的：a maZe/lower 雄花 3 (fed?- A7/’a?/ 术语）（of electrical plugs, parts of toois, etc.电器 插头、31 真部件等)having a part that sticks out which is designed to fit into a hole, socket, etc•阳的'；凸形的 —compare female adj.(5) ► male-ness noun [U] ： the chromosome that determines maieness 决定男性性别的染 色体

■ not/n a male person, animal or plant 男性；雄性；雄 株：TTie body is that 〇/ a whfte male aged about 40•户

妹是一名40岁上下的白人男子。◊ rhe ma〖e 〇/ the species has a white 这一物私的雄性有一条白色的

龟巴。◊ a male-dominated pro/ession 男 主秦的职业 —compare female n.

.male 'chauvinism (also chauvinism) noun [\J] {disap­proving) the belief held by some men that men are more important, intelligent, etc. than women 大男子主义 .male 'chauvinist (also chauvinist) noun {disapproving) a man who believes men are more important，intelli­gent, etc. than women 大男子主义者 ： I hate working /or that male chauvinist pig Steve.我讨厌给史蒂夫这个 可恶的大男子主义者干活。

mal-efac.tor /_maelifaBkta(r)/ noun {rare, formal) a person who does wrong, illegal or immoral things 分子；作恶的人；道德败坏的人 ma-levo-lent /ma'levalant/ adj. [usually before noun] having or showing a desire to liarm other people 有恶 意的；有环心肠的    MALICIOUS, WICKED PHa