make up for

英 [meɪk ʌp fɔː(r)]

美 [meɪk ʌp fɔːr]

弥补，补偿（令人不快的遭遇或损失）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 弥补;补足
  Tomake up fora bad experience or the loss of something means to make the situation better or make the person involved happier.
  1. Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused...
     为补偿你为此承受的压力，你要申请额外的补偿金。
  2. A conservatory would make up for the fact that we were refused planning permission for a roof terrace...
     我们建屋顶平台的计划被驳回了，要是能盖一间温室也算一种补偿。
  3. The semi-finalists had to play twice in the day to make up for time lost to bad weather.
     为了补回恶劣天气耽误的时间，半决赛选手不得不一日双赛。

双语例句

• You have a lot of faults to make up for.
  你还有许多过失要弥补。
• He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
  为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
• Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused
  为补偿你为此承受的压力，你要申请额外的补偿金。
• You must make up for all the lost time.
  你必须把损失了的时间补回来。
• We hurried on to make up for lost time.
  我们急忙赶路，以补回失去的时间。
• We want to make up for lost time.
  我们想弥补失去的时光。
• I don't see very well, but my ears and nose make up for it!
  我的视力不是很好，但是我的耳朵和鼻子却弥补了这个缺点！
• You have to make up for the money you lost.
  你必须补偿你所损失的金钱。
• I have made it clear that we'll make up for the lost time.
  我已经说得很明白，我们将把失去的时间补回来。
• We can still try to make up for the loss.
  我们还可以努力去弥补损失。