作zok3出ceot1

English

1. to put out
2. (used before polysyllabic verbs) to make; to impose; to carry out
3. to come up with
4. to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
5. to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
6. to draw (conclusion)
7. to deliver (speech, judgment)
8. to devise (explanation)
9. to extract

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 用嚟帶出對某樣事物嘅處理方式；後面要係雙音節以上嘅動詞

Examples

• 對議案作出修改

  to make amendments to the bill

• 對學生作出適當處分

  to punish the students accordingly

• 為上述目的而作出適當安排

  to make appropriate arrangements for the (aforementioned) purpose

• 「嗰個字點解呀？」「哦，冇意思㗎，老作出嚟扮法文㗎咋。」

  "What does that word mean?" "Oh, it doesn't mean anything. It's just a made-up word that's supposed to sound like French."

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 作出選擇，就一定要作出犧牲，啫係放棄一樣嘢，去獲得第二樣嘢。

  Making a choice always means making a sacrifice, giving up one thing for another.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 學生對政府嘅決定作出抗議。

  Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

• 所以，而家用緊嘅鐵路線係喺唔同時間同唔同原因下作出嘅一系列決定嘅產物。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 佢表明咗，對快速閃爍嘅紅色三角形作出反應所涉及嘅認知過程並唔係孤立嘅。

  Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY