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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

making ['meɪkɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun [u] 制作
    a star in the making
    一个成长中的明星
    to have (all) the makings of
    具备…的(所有)素质
    of one's own making
    自作自受
    to be the making of sb/sth
    某人/某事成功因素

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

making ['mekɪŋ] ['meɪkɪŋ]
  1. 1. noun 制造制作形成发展完成
  2. 2. noun 成功原因(或手段
    an experience that will be the making of him
    成为造就成功因素经历
  3. 3. noun 制造物
  4. 4. noun 一次制造量
  5. 5. noun [复数形态时]赚头
  6. 6. noun [常用复数形态时]素质内在因素
    to have the making(s) of a good doctor
    具有成为一位好大夫所需要素质
  7. 7. noun [American English] [Old-fashioned] [Spoken] [复数形态时]卷纸烟用的纸和烟叶

Collins English-English Dictionary

making ['meɪkɪŋ]
  1. 1. n the act of a person or thing that makes or the process of being made
  2. 2. n (in combination)
    watchmaking
  3. 3. n something made or the quantity of something made at one time
  4. 4. n make-up; composition

Examples

a faculty for making friends
擅长交游
to have the making(s) of a good doctor
具有成为一位好大夫所需要的素质
Peter argued against making a new job cut in the company.
彼特据理反对公司新一轮的裁员。
The Age of Reason is famous for being the period in which a person is considered capable of making reasoned judgments.
理性时代是一段非常著名的时期,我们通常认为那时的人有能力做出理性判断。
It's common to use soap to make marks on clothing before making alterations.
改衣服前,通常用肥皂在上面做上记号。

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