释义 |
make time1Find an occasion when time is available to do something: the nurse should make time to talk to the patient...- So in addition to being available and approachable, make time during the day to informally interact with staffers.
- He rarely makes time to exercise, occasionally playing squash or visiting the gym when he has the time and energy.
- Occasionally, make time to invite a neighbor over and perform for them after a lunch or dinner.
2North American informal Make sexual advances to someone: I couldn’t make time with Marilyn because she was already a senior...- Meanwhile, Ron was trying to make time with a table of ladies.
- ‘So it suits me fine living there - there's never a shortage of handsome men eager to make time with me,’ she adds saucily.
- Ethan gets a gig playing in Harrisburg and Justin secretly follows, catching the new boyfriend making time with an admirer.
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