make for

走向； 有助于； 促进

Though badly damaged by fire, the bus tried to make for its garage.(这辆车虽被大火严重烧坏，仍努力开回车库。)

You lock yourself in the prison that you make for yourself.(你把自己锁在自己造就的牢狱中。)

DiCaprio, Damon, and Duvall will make for an interesting awards season.(迪卡普里奥，达蒙，杜瓦尔三人的竞争使这个颁奖季节很有看头。)

As you might guess, this would make for a very large book!(正如你猜到的，这将会是一部非常厚的书！)

Statistics on unemployment levels hardly make for scintillating reading.(失业统计数据读来不大会有趣味。)

Using a strong palette of solid colors can make for an awesome presentation.(用一个强大的单色系调色板就能做出精彩的演示。)

The history of oil in sub-Saharan Africa does not make for happy reading.(撒哈拉以南非洲的石油历史读来并不让人愉快。)

This can make for difficult debugging or poor performance.(这将导致难以调试和较差的性能。)

It is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world?(经济发展应该有助于建设一个更清洁的世界？)

Its own greenhouse effect would make for more warming.(这样水蒸气的温室效应就会产生更大的影响。)

verb

1. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

e.g. I cannot work a miracle
wreak havoc
bring comments
play a joke
The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

Synonym: bringworkplaywreak

1. 向…走去;朝…前进
If you make for a place, you move towards it.

e.g. He rose from his seat and made for the door.
他从椅子上起身向门口走去。

2. 导致;有利于
If something makes for another thing, it causes or helps to cause that thing to happen or exist.

e.g. A happy parent makes for a happy child.
有快乐的父母，才会有快乐的孩子。