on the make

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英文释义

介词短语
  1. Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship. informal
    — Harry (Matthew Cowles) and Tim (Timothy Meyers) are an inseparable pair of macho punks always on the make for an easy sexual score.
  2. Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage. broadly,informal
    — In a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at Peter Gudge?

词汇关系

衍生词
on-the-make-ness
相关词
put the make on

词源

From make (“companion, spouse, mate”), related to match (“counterpart, partner”).
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