make up化妆，弥补，组成，虚构，编造，铺(床)
异同之处：make up一般不单独使用,要跟名词或者名词词组作宾语。需要注意的是，make up one’s mind这个词组表示“下定决心”，使用频率比较高。
例1：His opponent often makes up stories about him.
他的竞争对手总是编造关于他的谣言。
结构分析：His opponent是主语，often makes up是谓语（often是状语），stories about him是宾语，其中about him是后置定语。
例2：The man’s wife had made up a bed before he came back.
那人的妻子在他回家前已经铺好了床。
结构分析：The man’s wife是主语，had made up是谓语，a bed是宾语，before引导状语从句，he是主语，came back是谓语。
make up怎么与名词搭配 扩展
make up名词的搭配：
make up的意思是构成，组成，形成，化妆，赶上等等很多的意思。
其中指构成的意思时，一般用be made up of ,举个例子The committee is made up of six women。指赶上补上的意思时后面直接加名词，举个例子She soon made up the lessons she had missed.
make up怎么与名词搭配 扩展
make up和介词构成动词短语与名词搭配，如介词for，make up for 中文意思是“补偿，弥补”
Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.他比同级别的大多数官员大5岁，他决心弥补自己失去的时光。
