sure adj. 1.〔用作表語〕(主觀覺得)確實的;深信,確信;(對…)有信心,有把握 (of; that); 肯定(要),一定(會) (to do; to be)。 2.〔用作定語〕(客觀上)無疑問的,真實的,實在的;不可避免的,必然要發(fā)生的;(方法、效果等)正確的;可靠的;穩(wěn)妥的,牢靠的,堅固的;(立場)堅定的。 Are you sure (of it)? 你認為確實的嗎? 真的嗎? I am not so sure of that. 我不太清楚。 Don't be too sure. 別太肯定。 Fight no battle you are not sure of winning. 不打無把握之仗。 I'm not sure if I can do it. 我不敢肯定我能做。 It's sure to be wet. 肯定要下雨。 a sure proof 確鑿的證據(jù)。 slow and sure 穩(wěn)步的。 a sure draw 一定可以打出狐貍來的矮樹叢;一定可以套出實情來的話。 a sure hand 可靠的人。 a sure poison 〔美棒球俚〕優(yōu)秀投手。 a sure shot 〔美俚〕神槍手,百發(fā)百中的射擊員。 be sure of [that] 確信,深信(He is sure of success. 他深信他會成功。 You may be sure of his honesty. 你可以相信他的誠實)。 be [feel] sure of oneself 自信。 be sure to (do) 必定,一定 (His work is sure to succeed. 他的工作必定獲得成功。 Be sure to tell me. 別忘記一定講給我聽)。 feel sure (of, that ...) =be sure (of, that ...). for sure 一定要,必須;必然,當然,毫無疑問(Be there by six o'clock for sure. 你一定要在六點鐘以前到那里)。 I am sure 的確,真的;一定(I'm sure I don't know. =I'm sure I can't tell. 我真的不知道)。 make assurance double [doubly] sure 要穩(wěn) 而又穩(wěn),要加倍小心[注意]。 make sure 弄明白,查明白,小心一點;確信(I believe the line is from ‘Lycidas', but you had better make sure. 我相信這一句詩是“李西達斯”里面的,然而你最好是查查看。 I make sure it would rain, but it didn't. 我確信要下雨的,可是沒下)。 make sure of 將,弄明白,查明白;將…拿到手;叮囑明白。 make sure (that) 務(wù)必;務(wù)請(Please make sure you understand this point. 務(wù)請你們體諒這一點)。 S- thing! 〔美俚〕真的! 當然(Shall you be at the dance - S- thing! 你參加舞會嗎?--當然參加!) to be sure 1. 〔讓步〕自然,固然。 2. 〔感嘆〕哎呀! 真的!一點不假 (So it is, to be sure ! 一點不假就是那樣啦! Well, To be sure ! 哼,好!啊!) Well, I am sure ! =To be sure! adv. 的確,一定;〔美國〕當然! 好。 Are you coming - S-! 你去嗎? --當然去。 as sure as a gun, as sure as eggs are eggs, as sure as death [fate], as sure as nails, as sure as you live 〔口語〕的的確確。 sure enough 果真(I said it would be, and sure enough it is. 果然被我說中了)。 n. -ness
making n. 1.制作(物),制造(物),生產(chǎn);一次制造量;發(fā)展[發(fā)達]過程;成功的原因[手段];組織;〔常 pl.〕原料,材料。 2.〔口語〕 〔pl.〕利益,賺頭,所得。 3.〔pl.〕素質(zhì),要素。 4.〔pl.〕〔美口〕(自卷自抽的)卷煙材料[紙和煙]。 5. (煤礦中挖出來的)粉煤。 the makings of a good garden 一個美好的花園的條件。 be the making of 成為…的基礎(chǔ),保證…的成功 (His failure has been the making of him. 他的失敗成了他成功的原因)。 have the makings of 具有…的素質(zhì)。 in making 制造中,建設(shè)中。 in the making 醞釀中的,在發(fā)展過程中的;未完成的。