導(dǎo)讀Shespenttoomuchtimemakingherselfup.她在化妝上花去了太多時間。Ican'tbebotheredtomakeupmyface....

She spent too much time making herself up.

她在化妝上花去了太多時間。

I cant be bothered to make up my face.

我懶得化妝。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

make up是化妝的意思! Lets make up為啥就不是化妝?

Lets make up=讓我們和好吧!

朋友間，同事間，戀人間都可以用make up 來表示和好； make up 還能表示、充當(dāng) 、湊足、彌補、瞎編亂造:

Ill make it up with him again.

我會與他重歸于好。《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

I am not good at singing. Im here just to make up the number.

我不會唱歌，我在這兒只是濫竽充數(shù)。

《漢英大詞典》

Her beauty cant make up for her stupidity.

她的美麗不能彌補她的愚蠢。

《漢英大詞典》

made sb up=把某人化妝成別的樣子;

made sth up=把某個事情編造成別的樣子

They made him up as an old man，for the last act of the play.

在這部戲的最后一幕,他們把他化妝了一個老人

Im not making it up

我沒有瞎編

make the sentence up

造句

Im not making it up. The character exists in real life.

我沒有憑空捏造，這種人現(xiàn)實生活中確實存在。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

我正在化妝≠Im making up now

我每天都化妝≠I make up everyday

這2個表達(dá)都是錯的!

一般可以說：

Im doing my make-up now

I’m wearing make-up everyday .

再看：

1、Im making up ≠ 我正在化妝

在日常生活中說的化妝，不是make up而是make-up(也可以寫成makeup)

I am gonna try the makeup you got me.

我要試試你給我買的化妝品。

make-up是個名詞，化妝(品), 復(fù)數(shù)：make-ups

She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make-up

她將一些衣服、化妝品和零碎物品放了進(jìn)去。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

She made liberal use of her elder sisters make-up and clothes.

她隨便把姐姐的化妝品和衣服拿來用。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

表示化妝的動詞是put on或者wear，do\have

put on your make-up

上妝

She never wears make-up .

她從來不化妝。

Normally she wore little make-up.

她一般不怎么化妝。

She retouched her make-up.

她修飾了一下自己的妝容。

She wore no make-up, not even a dab of lipstick.

她沒有化妝，甚至連一點兒口紅都沒涂。

They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up.

他們穿著沙灘服，化了妝，一扭一擺地進(jìn)來了。

She had a lot of make-up on and not a hair out of place.

她化了濃妝，精致得讓人挑不出一絲瑕疵。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

Her sparing use of make-up only seemed to enhance her classically beautiful features

一點淡妝反而增添了她五官的古典韻味。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

In fact she tends to be a little heavy-handed when she wears make-up.

實際上她的妝往往化得有點過濃。

If you decide to do you own make-up, here are a few valuable tips that will helpyou look your best

如果你決定自己化妝，這里有一些有用的小竅門，可以幫助你呈現(xiàn)最美的一面。

I rarely use make-up.

我很少化妝.(我很少用化妝品)

How come!Youre wearing make-up!

天!怎么回事？你居然化妝了。

You have no make-up on, Ill do your make-up for you

你沒化妝，我得給你化點妝!

Glamorous make-up is best reserved for days when you want to go all out toknock em dead.

魅惑彩妝最好留到你竭力想把所有人都迷倒的時候。

Too much make-up looks unnatural.

上裝過于濃艷看上去不自然。

《漢英大詞典》

Its safer to fake a tan with make-up rather than subject your complexion to the harsh rays of the sun

用化妝品打造出古銅色的皮膚比讓皮膚受太陽的暴曬更為安全。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

make-up是名詞,表示妝容，put on,wear,do才是化妝的動詞，make up做動詞,指舞臺上的化妝

用法是:make sb up把某人化妝成別的樣子

They made him up as an old man

for the last act of the play.

在這部戲的最后一幕,他們把他化妝了一個老人!