After all the delays, we were anxious to make up for lost time.

耽搁了这么久，我们急着想弥补失去的时间。

In Proust's In Search Of Lost Time, the narrator is prompted to unlock the secrets of memory after some quiet time contemplating a biscuit.

在普鲁斯特的《追忆似水流年》中，叙述者在安静地思考着一块饼干一段时间后，激励他去解开记忆的秘密。

Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.

他比同级别的大多数官员大5岁，他决心弥补自己失去的时光。

You should make up for lost time.

你应该把失去的时间弥补回来。

It's hard to recover lost time.

“弥补”失去的时间并不容易。