句式“what you（lose in…… you make up for in……”）

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In today"s lesson, we heard the phrase "Whatyou lose in…, you make up for in…" Themeaning is that even though we losesomething, we gain the same amount insomething else. It"s about staying positiveeven when we lose something. We"re goingto look at the grammar of this commonphrase.

在今天的课程中，我们听到了“What you losein…, you make up for in…” 这一词组，意思是即使我们失去了某些东西，我们也会在其他方面得到弥补。也就是说，即使失去某些东西，我们仍要保持乐观。现在，让我们看一下有关该词组的语法。

It"s not a regular subject + verb + objectsentence. The first part of this sentence is anoun clause "what you lose in freedom." Itacts as the object of the whole sentence. And the predicate is the phrasal verb "makeup for." It means "compensate." We can alsouse the verb "gain."

该句并不是一个常见的主谓宾句型。句子第一部分是名词从句"what you lose in freedom"，在全句中它是宾语。而谓语则是短语动词"make up for"，意思是“compensate (补偿、弥补)”，我们还可以用动词"gain"来替代它。

This sentence can be rephrased into "youmake up for [what you lose in freedom] incompanionship." But when we place "whatyou lose in freedom" at the beginning of thesentence, the sentence is easier to beunderstood and the noun clause isemphasized.

这个句子可以改写为"you make up for [whatyou lose in freedom] in companionship"。但当我们把“what you lose in freedom”放到句首时，整个句子更容易理解，也会更强调这个名词从句。

Here"s the pattern:

句子结构：

What + subject + lose + in..., subject + makeup for/gain + in…

We can also reverse the sentence if theresult is losing something. Let"s take a lookat some examples:

如果结果是失去了某些东西，我们也可以把该句反过来说。我们来看几个例子：