measure up

• 短语动词，表示达到所要求的标准、胜任、合格，或与某人某物相比不逊色。

A phrasal verb used to indicate meeting a required standard, being adequate, or comparing favorably with something or someone.

不可数 · 不及物 · 短语动词，不可分

1. Meet a standardinformal

   To be good enough or to meet the required standard or expectation.

   达到标准

   • The new employee didn't measure up to the company's expectations.
   • Her performance measured up to the high standards of the team.
   • He tried hard but couldn't measure up to his brother's achievements.

   同义词come up tofulfilllive up tomatch-upmeetqualifysatisfy

   反义词fail

2. Assess or compareinformal

   To evaluate or compare someone or something against a standard.

   评估或比较

   • We need to measure up our current resources against the project requirements.
   • The coach measured up each player's skills during practice.
   • They measured up the candidates before making a final decision.

   同义词appraiseassessbenchmarkcompareevaluategaugejudgerate

基本动词measure