| 词组 | come up to |
| 释义 | come up to 1. come up to sth usually negative BrE to reach a particular standard, or be as good as you expect something to be come up to sb's/sth's standards ▪ Many of Britain's beaches do not come up to EC standards. come up to expectations ▪ We loved the island, but the hotel didn't really come up to our expectations. come up to scratch (=be as good as expected or as something should be) ▪ Over a third of the schools in the survey didn't come up to scratch. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reach 2. be coming up to sth BrE to be getting near a particular time or age: ▪ It was coming up to two o'clock by the time everyone had left. ▪ My oldest son's just coming up to sixteen. ▪ Frank will be coming up to retirement in a year or two, won't he? ■ SIMILAR TO: to approaching formal |
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