单词 | measure up |
释义 | measure up phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for measure If you do not measure up to a standard or to someone's expectations, you are not good enough to achieve the standard or fulfil the person's expectations. It was fatiguing sometimes to try to measure up to her standard of perfection. [VERB PARTICLE + to] She's always comparing me to other people, and somehow I never measure up. [VERB PARTICLE] |
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