make up to

英 [meɪk ʌp tu]

美 [meɪk ʌp tu]

（尤指因自己的过失）补偿

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （尤指）因自己的过失向…弥补，补偿
  If you say that you willmake it up tosomeone, you are promising that you will do something good for them after they have been upset or disappointed, especially by you.
  1. I'll make it up to you, I promise...
     我保证，我会补偿你的。
  2. I must make it up to him for the awful intrusion of last night.
     因为昨晚过分的打扰，我必须对他有所补偿。

双语例句

• I had to make something up just to keep him there.
  我需要做些事情让他留在那里。
• I'm trying to make a spreadsheet up to computerize everything that's done by hand at the moment
  我正试着编一个电子制表软件，以把目前所有靠人力完成的工作交由计算机完成。
• How can I make it up to you?
  我怎样才能弥补我的错误呢？
• You can make it up to them later.
  你可以之后做些补偿。
• It's the kind of sentiment when you don't stick to the facts, but try to make up something, to mislead people away from a true discussion.
  这种感觉就像是人们不坚持事实，而是试图去凭空编造些东西，去误导人们，使人们不能进行真正的讨论。
• It is estimated that oil imports make up to thirty percent of national income in some parts of the Pacific.
  据估计，在太平洋地区的某些国家石油进口高达全国收入的30%。
• Anyway, I think it may very well be all the beautiful differences among us that just might give us the tiniest glimmer of a chance of saving my nephew and letting me make it up to you for getting us into this crazy whatever-it-is.
  总之，鄙人以为，正是我们中间这些美好的与众不同，使得拯救我侄子的计划有了一线生机，也能借此机会为我把大家拖到这摊子浑水中做一点补偿。
• I'm sorry! Can I make it up to you?
  对不起！我能做什么来补偿你吗？
• Then ask don't assume what you might be able to do to make it up to them.
  然后询问对方不要自己设想你能做些什么来弥补他们的损失。
• It depends on where the sale is taking place, but in terms of bidders and buyers, Asian buyers can now make up a third to a quarter of our watch sales.
  这取决于拍卖会在哪个地方举行，但是从竞拍者和购买者的角度看，亚洲买家现在占我们钟表销售的1/4至1/3。