| 词组 | measure up |
| 释义 | measure up 1. measure up to be of a good enough standard how does sb/sth measure up (=used when asking what someone or something is like and whether they are good enough) ▪ What happens to teachers who don't measure up? ▪ How does your new house measure up? + to ▪ I wondered how he would measure up to being chairman. ▪ Some of the college's courses do not measure up to the required standard. 2. measure up • measure sth up • measure up sth to measure the exact size of something, for example a room or a piece of furniture: ▪ In most cases, when you buy new carpets, the firm will measure up for you. ▪ We hadn't measured up properly, and when the washing machine arrived it wouldn't fit in the space. 3. measure sb up • measure up sb to look at someone carefully in order to decide what your opinion of them is, especially when you first meet them: ▪ The two men shook hands and silently measured each other up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑size up, ↑weigh up |
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