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●ˌmeasure ˈup (to sb/sth) (informal) 🔑to be of a good enough standard or as good as sb/sth else 达到标准；合格◆The new assistant didn’t measure up (= he was not good enough to do the job), so we had to replace him.
新来的助手不称职，我们只好把他换掉。◆The procedures don’t measure up to today’s standards.
这些程序不符合现在的标准。SYN match up (to sb/sth) NOTE Measure up is often used in negative sentences and questions. * measure up 常用于否定句和疑问句。[v + adv] |