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

• 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%。
• Be on the level with sb: Don't make up a lie to deceive us.
  对某人说实话，没有骗谁不要编造谎话来骗我们。
• His parents are trying to make up to him for the restrictions of urban living
  他的父母正试图弥补他在城市生活的局限。
• I had to make something up just to keep him there.
  我需要做些事情让他留在那里。
• 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。
• It is unjust that van Gogh received so little financial reward or public recognition in his short lifetime, but we cannot make it up to him now.
  梵高（vanGogh）在他短暂的一生中获得的金钱回报或公众认可少之又少，这的确不公平，但我们今天是没有办法补偿他的。
• For instance, you could type make-j4 to have make compile up to four source code files simultaneously.
  例如，您可以输入make-j4，使得make可以同时运行4个源代码文件。
• I'm going to make it up to you.
  我会为你补偿回来的。
• 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。