| 释义 |
measure up [phrasal verb] : to be as good as expected or needed符合,达到(预期或需要) His early works were promising, but his recent films haven't measured up. [=his recent films haven't been as good as his early ones]他早期的作品初露锋芒,但他近期的电影有失水准。 — often + to His recent films haven't measured up to his earlier works.他近期的电影不如早期作品。 Her work didn't measure up to our expectations. [=was not as good as we expected it to be]她的作品没有达到我们的预期。 measure |