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這裡也許有您要的解答, "make up for" is a phrasal verb
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html
[Phrasal Verb] make up for
[Definition] compensate for
[Example] Allen made up for being late by getting me flowers.
您看來是懂這前半句"what ... lacks in ...,", 就不多解釋了. 關於 "make up for", 您說的也對, 網路資料已列於上. 如果將原句改寫不知您是否會比較了解其句型及文法.
原句:
What Everest lacks in architectural grace, it makes up for with sheer, overwhelming mass.
改寫為以下句子:
The things Everest lacks in architectural grace can be "made up for" (or: "compensated for") with sheer, overwhelming mass.
2007-12-10 02:55:33 補充:
sorry, [更正]
改寫為以下句子:
The things Everest lacks in architectural grace [are] "made up for" (or: "compensated for") with (its) sheer, overwhelming mass.
p.s. 這個改寫句型只是幫助您了解原句結構, 並不是很完美的句型, 這是我自己了解原句型的方式.