make much of somebody/something

formalIMPORTANT to treat a person or thing as though you think they are very important or special 重视[认真对待]某人/某物

The press made much of the discovery.

新闻界对这个发现大肆宣传。

They’ve always made much of their nephews and nieces.

他们总是很宠爱他们的侄子和侄女。

Examples from the Corpus

make much of somebody/something• Prevention education has been unable to halt this behavior, or even to make much of a dent in it.• So far they are not making much of a fist of it.• She knows the team is too young and too raw to make much of a showing this season.• Mrs Thatcher has made much of Britain's scientific brilliance and innovative poverty.• He makes much of contacts with social scientists in allied fields.• Is he wise to say, and make much of it, that people come up and tell him so?• The company has made much of its environmental advances.• In those interviews, Margaret Thatcher has made much of science and technology.• Feminists in particular make much of the social disadvantage under which women suffer.

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词汇	make much of somebody/something
释义	make much of somebody/something make much of somebody/something formalIMPORTANT to treat a person or thing as though you think they are very important or special 重视[认真对待]某人/某物 The press made much of the discovery. 新闻界对这个发现大肆宣传。 They’ve always made much of their nephews and nieces. 他们总是很宠爱他们的侄子和侄女。 Examples from the Corpus make much of somebody/something• Prevention education has been unable to halt this behavior, or even to make much of a dent in it.• So far they are not making much of a fist of it.• She knows the team is too young and too raw to make much of a showing this season.• Mrs Thatcher has made much of Britain's scientific brilliance and innovative poverty.• He makes much of contacts with social scientists in allied fields.• Is he wise to say, and make much of it, that people come up and tell him so?• The company has made much of its environmental advances.• In those interviews, Margaret Thatcher has made much of science and technology.• Feminists in particular make much of the social disadvantage under which women suffer. → make much of somebody/something at much2(15)
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