She tried to make up for her shabby treatment of him.

她先前待他不好，这时候想弥补一下。

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After all the delays, we were anxious to make up for lost time.

耽搁了这么久，我们急着想弥补失去的时间。

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Mrs. Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday.

哈迪太太赶紧问她的客人假期过得如何，以弥补此前不得体的言行。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He says they might be trying to increase their dopamine levels to make up for the deficits in their reward system.

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You feel physiologically aroused but you're not completely sure why, and you have to make up an explanation for it.

你感觉到性觉醒,但是不能确定是什么原因，你不得不给出一个解释。

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PROFESSOR: So, does anyone have any questions about the set up here, does it make sense what we're looking for the bar to go back once we make some progress.

教授：所以，有人对这套装置,有疑问吗，一旦我们,取得了一些进展,我们看到这个棒又返回来。

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To make up for the nearly unbearable smell, the fibrous, powdery tanfruit has an addicting sweet taste inside.

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To make up for this shortfall, America needs to have its entrepreneurs and home businesses succeed.

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Those who do have jobs have been stretched painfully thin to make up for understaffed organizations.

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