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

• 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。
• You have a lot of faults to make up for.
  你还有许多过失要弥补。
• After all the delays, we were anxious to make up for lost time.
  耽搁了这麽久，我们急着想弥补失去的时间。
• 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。
• I must work hard to make up for lost time.
  我必须努力工作来弥补失去的时间。
• 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 our loss.
  你们必须对我们的损失作出补偿。
• I am sorry for all the bad moments and want to make up for all our time apart.
  很抱歉我所造成的分离和过去不好的时刻，我想好好去弥补。
• Mrs Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday
  哈迪夫人赶紧问客人假期过得怎么样，替自己的言不得体打圆场。
• I will make up for my lost time.
  我将补回我损失的时间。