VOA慢速英语:Women Go to New Depths in the Navy

1.Women make up about fifteen percent of the Navy's more than three hundred thirty thousand service members.

make up组成, 构成

例句：How many countries make up the Common Market?
      (欧洲)共同市场由多少国家组成?

      The audience was made up of very young children.
       观众由小孩子们组成。

2.Jack London is considered to be one of America's finest writers.

consider to be被认为

例句：I consider it to be inferior to robot.
      我认为它不及机器人。

3.But his life was cut short by kidney problems.

cut short突然停止

例句：Impatiently he cut short what I was telling him.
      他不耐烦地打断了我的话。

      The meeting was cut short when the chairman fell ill.
       主席一生病, 会议就中断了。