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They needed to make up ground on their competitors.

他们必须穷追猛赶竞争对手。

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Shanghai plans to build a vast underground network of malls, restaurants, and parking lots to make up for a lack of space above ground, according to a recent government report.

根据最近的一份政府报告，上海计划建设一个由购物中心、餐厅和停车场组成的庞大地下网络，以弥补地面空间的不足。

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Some premature celebrating by Roberts allowed Dragons full-back Martyn Thomas to make up some ground, but his desperate dive proved in vain.

BBC: Dragons 13-40 Blues

Reducing federal spending alone is insufficient to restore economic growth to anything approaching its post-World-War-II, 3.2% annual real-growth trend, much less make up lost ground.

FORBES: Memo To The President: We Can't Tax, Spend And Print Our Way To Prosperity

The Lightning ended a three-game losing streak while Buffalo failed to make up ground in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

WSJ: Stamkos, St. Louis send Lightning past Sabres