live up to

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美 [lɪv ʌp tu]

遵守（诺言）; 符合，不辜负（期望）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 遵守（诺言）；符合，不辜负（期望）
  If someone or somethinglives up towhat they were expected to be, they are as good as they were expected to be.
  1. Sales have not lived up to expectations this year...
     今年的销售额不尽如人意。
  2. Had he lived up to his promise, he would have made a fortune in sponsorship money.
     要是他遵守了诺言的话，他本应该已经从赞助费中赚了一大笔钱了。

英英释义

verb

• meet the requirements or expectations of
  Synonym:satisfyfulfillfulfil

双语例句

• Sales have not lived up to expectations this year
  今年的销售额不尽如人意。
• I mean, what if I don't live up to their standards.
  我的意思是，如果我不能达到他们的标准怎么办。
• What if you ( or they) don't live up to expectations?
  如果你（或他们）达不到预期怎么办？
• She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards
  只要有人不符合她自己的高标准，她马上就会加以指责。
• I tried to live up to my ideal of myself.
  我努力活出理想的自我。
• And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
  而你在这世界也不是为了我的希望而存活。
• Live up to the expectations of our own people and the people throughout the world.
  不辜负全国人民和全世界人民对我们的期望。
• I need to live up to my promises to her.
  我必须信守对的承诺。
• Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the Company.
  斯蒂芬·蔡斯决心不辜负公司的期望。
• I will live up to what you expect, trust me!
  我不会辜负大家对我的期望的，相信我！