measure up

英 [ˈmeʒə(r) ʌp]

美 [ˈmeʒər ʌp]

符合，达到（标准或期望）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 符合(标准);达到(期望)
  If you do notmeasure up toa standard or to someone's expectations, you are not good enough to achieve the standard or fulfil the person's expectations.
  1. It was fatiguing sometimes to try to measure up to her standard of perfection...
     有时候，力求达到她尽善尽美的标准让人觉得很累。
  2. She's always comparing me to other people, and somehow I never measure up.
     她总是拿我跟别人相比，不知怎的，我总是不如人家。

英英释义

verb

• prove capable or fit
  Synonym:qualify

双语例句

• The discussion meandered on for hours, and its results didn't measure up to my expectations.
  讨论会漫无边际地进行了几小时，讨论的结果有负我的期望。
• Comparing your date will immediately make him feel like he has competition, or that he cant measure up.
  拿约会上的人来做比较会让他觉得他有一个比赛，或者他没有达到你的标准。
• How does the food here measure up according to your nutrition standards?
  按照你的营养标准来衡量这食物怎么样？
• She's always comparing me to other people, and somehow I never measure up.
  她总是拿我跟别人相比，不知怎的，我总是不如人家。
• Yet I was afraid that I wouldn't measure up to the other students.
  到现在，我还是担心自己不能和别的学生比。
• Will you measure up or shall I?
  是你来量还是我来量？
• We've been trying to measure up his chance.
  我们一直试图估量他成功的可能性。
• You must measure up to a very high level of performance.
  你必须对自己高标准严要求。
• He measure up the wood before he started.
  他在动工前先把木头量了一下。
• You might say workers have always felt pressure to measure up to one benchmark or another.
  你可能会说，工作的人一直会感到压力，因为要达到这样或那样的标准。