2008년 12월 27일 토요일

make do (with)

[1] make do: To manage to get along with the means available: 
  • had to make do on less income.

[2] 
5. PHRASE : make inflects, oft PHR with n.
If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good.    
  • Why make do with a copy if you can afford the genuine article?
  • There's no meat, so we'll have to make do with potatoes.
자료: Am.Heritage Dic, Collins Cobuild, K-dictionary

댓글 없음:

댓글 쓰기