1分钟英语挑战：“make it（up to” 是什么意思）

A: I thought you said you were going to take me to the Maldives.

你说过要带我去马尔代夫的。

B: I think it’s best we put off the trip because I’m too busy.

我想我们最好推迟旅行，因为我太忙了。

A: What?! What a buzz kill！

什么？真扫兴！

B: How about this, let me buy you a gift to make it up to you.

这样吧，我给你买件礼物来补偿你。

make it up to someone

to do something good for someone you have upset, in order to become friends with them again 为那些被你惹得不开心的人做点事，以便和他们重新成为朋友

He was looking for a way to make it up to her for what he had done.他正在想办法弥补他所做的一切。

make up for something

to take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good.代替失去或损坏的东西，或用好的东西来补偿不好的东西

He bought me dinner to make up for being so late the day before. 他请我吃晚饭来弥补前天的迟到。

翻译练习：

我保证会补偿你的！

I promise I"ll make it up to you.