| 单词 | measure up |
| 释义 | measure upmeasure up phrasal verbphr v a) GOOD ENOUGHto be good enough to do a particular job or to reach a particular standard 合格；达到某个标准 We’ll give you a week’s trial in the job to see how you measure up. 我们将试用一周看看你是否合适。 to How will the Secretary General measure up to his new responsibilities? 秘书长将如何胜任他新的职责呢？ b) TMMEASUREto measure something before you do something, for example before you put in new furniture, cupboards etc 测量，度量 I’d better measure up before I start laying the carpet. 铺地毯之前我最好量一量。 measure something ↔ up Measure up any items that you want to keep in the kitchen. 把要放在厨房里的所有物件都量一量尺寸。 Examples from the Corpus measure up• We'll give you a week's trial in the job so we can see how you measure up.• How will the new General Secretary measure up to his new task? measure to• Addicts would have to measure up to certain requirements if they are plaintiffs who could collect damages under the bill.• There is no guaranteed way for you or me to see reality measure up to our dreams.• But it simply has not measured up to that daunting task.• But does any church really measure up to that kind of expectation?• Try as they might, however, the younger singers rarely measure up to their forebears.• Would be measure up to this responsibility? → measure up at measure1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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