make up for lost time

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （加快或加紧做某事以）弥补失去的时间

   to do sth quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner

   We make up for lost time.

电影里这样说 · 2 部

• Miles is making up for lost time.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• We make up for lost time.Scarface1932
• Um, make up for lost time, I suppose.The Royal Tenenbaums2001
• We'll see if we can't make up lost time.Red Eye2005

在完整场景里学

• 幽灵与未亡人1947
  • 宣布搬出婆家单过：come crawling back（低声下气回头求人）
  • 租房坚持要海鸥别墅：be the judge of（由自己来评判）
  • 决定租下闹鬼别墅：obstinate（固执）

同一词条的短语

• all is not lost
• be lost for words
• be lost in
• be lost on
• be lost to the world
• get lost
• give up for lost
• there's little love lost between A and B
• lose it
• lose yourself in
• lose out
• lose out to