"make up for lost time" 怎么发音

expression

US

ˈmeɪk/ /ˈəp/ /ˈfɔɹ/, /fɝ/, /fɹɝ/ /ˈɫɔst/ /ˈtaɪm

MAYK-uhp-fer-LAWST-TYM

UK

mˈeɪk/ /ˈʌp/ /fˈɔː/ /lˈɒst/ /tˈaɪm

MAYK-up-for-LOST-TYM

释义

To do something faster, more, or more intensely than usual because you have not had the chance to do it earlier, especially after a delay or time apart.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈmeɪk/ /ˈəp/ /ˈfɔɹ/, /fɝ/, /fɹɝ/ /ˈɫɔst/ /ˈtaɪm

英式英语

mˈeɪk/ /ˈʌp/ /fˈɔː/ /lˈɒst/ /tˈaɪm

简化发音

美式

MAYK-uhp-fer-LAWST-TYM

英式

MAYK-up-for-LOST-TYM

语境中听

After missing school, he tried to make up for lost time by studying extra hours.

We have a lot to do to make up for lost time.

They wanted to travel more to make up for lost time during lockdown.

After years apart, the friends spent the whole weekend together trying to make up for lost time.