1、make up
组成;构成
North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country.
北非人构成了该国最大的、也是最贫困的移民群。
Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force.
女警占警力的13%。
编造;虚构
I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
我认为你编造他的谣言很不厚道。
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。
（给…）化妆;（为…）打扮
She spent too much time making herself up.
她在化妆上花去了太多时间。
She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs.
她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
凑足;补齐
Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference.
学生领到的钱有不到一半是助学金，差额部分由贷款补足。
The team had six professionals and made the number up with five amateurs.
该队有6名职业运动员和凑数的5名业余运动员。
2、universe
宇宙
Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.
爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。
Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.
早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。
经验领域
Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page.
优秀的作家从他们眼中的世界汲取体验，然后在纸上重塑自己的天地。
They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.
他们标出了我们视觉经验领域的界限。