英语词汇raise/lower the bar怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

单词	raise/lower the bar
释义	raise/lower the bar ◊ In U.S. English, bar is used figuratively in phrases like raise/lower the bar and set the bar higher/lower to refer to changing the standard that is used to judge whether someone or something is good, successful, etc.（在美国英语中用作比喻）提高/降低标准，设定较高/较低标准 The company's new software raises the bar for its competitors. [=the company's new software is very good and its competitors will have to produce better software to compete with it]公司推出的新软件提高了对手与其竞争的难度。 Critics say that he has lowered the bar on what is considered acceptable behavior by politicians. [=he has caused people to accept worse behavior by politicians]批评家们认为他降低了可接受的政治家的行为标准。 ⇒ Main Entry: ¹ bar ² bar ³ bar
随便看	did pretty well by did right did well did well by did well to escape, survive die die away die back die before your time died died by her own hand died from thirst died in childbirth died in committee died in his sleep died intestate died of/from thirst died of thirst die down die-hard diehard die hard diehards die in bed die in your bed

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