make up编;编造
[观察] He made up some funny stories to make others laugh.他编了一些有趣的故事，让人发笑。
Girls make up 30% of the number of the students.女生占学生人数的30%。

The actors have to make up before they appear in frontof people on the stage.
演员在上台出现在观众面前以前，必须要化妆。

John must make up the work he missed.
约翰必须把他漏掉的工作补上。

[探究| make up除“编;编造”之意外，还有组成;化妆;弥补”之意。
[拓展| make的相关短语:make up for补偿;赔偿be made up of...由..….组成