making

1. N-UNCOUNT The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it. 制作; 創作

...Salamon's book about the making of this film. 薩拉矇的關於制作這部影片的書。

2. PHRASE If you describe a person or thing as something in the making, you mean that they are going to become known or recognized as that thing. 形成中的

Her drama teacher is confident Julie is a star in the making. 她的戯劇老師相信硃莉是未來的明星。

3. PHRASE If something is the making of a person or thing, it is the reason that they become successful or become very much better than they used to be. 是某人/某物成功的因素

This discovery may yet be the making of him. 這一發現也許成爲他成功的因素。

4. PHRASE If you say that a person or thing has the makings of something, you mean it seems possible or likely that they will become that thing, as they have the necessary qualities. 有某事物的素質

Godfrey had the makings of a successful journalist. 戈弗雷具備一個成功記者的素質。

5. PHRASE If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself. (問題等) 由某人自己造成的

Some of the university's financial troubles are of its own making. 該大學的一些財政睏難是其自身造成的。