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2016年9月24日

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Although the restaurant's opening was delayed, the general consensus was that the excelent menu more than made up for it 是什麼意思

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raeg
2016年9月24日

  • 英語 (美國)

it means that the restaurant opened later than it was supposed to open (by a few days maybe?). This is understood to be a negative thing and cause people to think poorly of the restaurant. However, because the restaurant has good food, people think well of it despite the delay.

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2016年9月24日

@raeg: thank you, I don't understand the grammar of the " more than made up for it". Can you help me out?

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raeg
2016年9月24日

  • 英語 (美國)

"more than made up for" is basically saying that there is more positive than negative.
This phrase is not usually used for actual numbers, but for the sake of explanation:

+5 more than makes up for -3.

the grammar breaks down like this:
"_____ more than made up for it".
break down the English to "x more than y" = "x greater than y" = "x>y"
next...
"y"="made up for it"
"made up for"= past form of "make up for" which means to reimburse, bring back to normal...

sorry if my explanation is a bit long

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