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VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Deep Six

2011-03-06来源:VOA

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make up

补足
We need $50 to make up the sum required.
我们需要五十元以补足所需要的数目。

编造
The whole story is made up.
整个故事完全是虚构出来的。

组成
The medical team was made up of twelve doctors.
医疗队由十二名医生组成。

give it the deep-six
抛弃，置之不理

batten down the hatches
封舱，在暴风雨前做好准备. 也就是我们常说的未雨绸缪

to sail under false colors
假冒，欺骗

show one's colors
露出真相，表明观点