make it up to you

基本解釋

It's not possible. If you really want to make it up,fine, but it was not possible then, it is not possible now."
You feel physiologically aroused but you're not completely sure why, and you have to make up an explanation for it.
你感覺到性覺醒,但是不能確定是什麼原因，你不得不給出一個解釋。
耶魯公開課 - 心理學導論課程節(jié)選
It's a common mistake to make if you forget that I've actually declared that variable up top, but wait a minute, I know any time that I use a variable, I have to declare it.
這是一個通常犯的錯誤，如果你忘了,之前在前麪已經(jīng)聲明了這個變量，等等，我知道在任何時候,我使用一個變量，我必須聲明它。
哈彿公開課 - 計算機科學課程節(jié)選

But to make it up to you guys, we've brought in a special guest -- Jason Unger from CE Pro -- to lend his expertise to the conversation, especially regarding digital downloads versus physical media.
ENGADGET: HD Podcast 078 - 03.26.2008 HD