She spent too much time making herself up.

她在化妆上花去了太多时间。

I can't be bothered to make up my face.

我懒得化妆。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》


make up是化妆的意思! Let's make up为啥就不是化妆?

Let's make up=让我们和好吧!

朋友间，同事间，恋人间都可以用make up 来表示和好； make up 还能表示、充当 、凑足、弥补、瞎编乱造:

I'll make it up with him again.

我会与他重归于好。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

I am not good at singing. I'm here just to make up the number.

我不会唱歌，我在这儿只是滥竽充数。

《汉英大词典》

Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity.

她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。

《汉英大词典》


made sb up=把某人化妆成别的样子;

made sth up=把某个事情编造成别的样子

They made him up as an old man，for the last act of the play.

在这部戏的最后一幕,他们把他化妆了一个老人


I'm not making it up

我没有瞎编

make the sentence up

造句

I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life.

我没有凭空捏造，这种人现实生活中确实存在。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》


我正在化妆≠I'm making up now

我每天都化妆≠I make up everyday

这2个表达都是错的!

一般可以说：

I'm doing my make-up now

I’m wearing make-up everyday .

再看：

1、I'm making up ≠ 我正在化妆

在日常生活中说的化妆，不是make up而是make-up(也可以写成makeup)

I am gonna try the makeup you got me.

我要试试你给我买的化妆品。

make-up是个名词，化妆(品), 复数：make-ups

She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make-up

她将一些衣服、化妆品和零碎物品放了进去。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.

她随便把姐姐的化妆品和衣服拿来用。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》


表示化妆的动词是put on或者wear，do\have

put on your make-up

上妆

She never wears make-up .

她从来不化妆。

Normally she wore little make-up.

她一般不怎么化妆。

She retouched her make-up.

她修饰了一下自己的妆容。

She wore no make-up, not even a dab of lipstick.


她没有化妆，甚至连一点儿口红都没涂。

They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up.

他们穿着沙滩服，化了妆，一扭一摆地进来了。

She had a lot of make-up on and not a hair out of place.

她化了浓妆，精致得让人挑不出一丝瑕疵。

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Her sparing use of make-up only seemed to enhance her classically beautiful features


一点淡妆反而增添了她五官的古典韵味。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

In fact she tends to be a little heavy-handed when she wears make-up.

实际上她的妆往往化得有点过浓。


If you decide to do you own make-up, here are a few valuable tips that will helpyou look your best


如果你决定自己化妆，这里有一些有用的小窍门，可以帮助你呈现最美的一面。


I rarely use make-up.

我很少化妆.(我很少用化妆品)

How come!You're wearing make-up!

天!怎么回事？你居然化妆了。

You have no make-up on, I'll do your make-up for you

你没化妆，我得给你化点妆!

Glamorous make-up is best reserved for days when you want to go all out toknock 'em dead.

魅惑彩妆最好留到你竭力想把所有人都迷倒的时候。

Too much make-up looks unnatural.

上装过于浓艳看上去不自然。

《汉英大词典》

It's safer to fake a tan with make-up rather than subject your complexion to the harsh rays of the sun

用化妆品打造出古铜色的皮肤比让皮肤受太阳的暴晒更为安全。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》


make-up是名词,表示妆容，put on,wear,do才是化妆的动词，make up做动词,指舞台上的化妆

用法是:make sb up把某人化妆成别的样子

They made him up as an old man

for the last act of the play.

在这部戏的最后一幕,他们把他化妆了一个老人!