live up to

英 [lɪv ʌp tu]

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

• 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！
• I am not in this world to live up to your expectations.
  我并不是为了满足你的期待而生。
• 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。
• They hope he will live up to their expectations.
  他们希望他将不辜负他们的期望。
• I don't understand why people think they have to live up to the world's standards.
  我不理解为什么这么多人觉得生活就应该是一个标准的。
• 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。
• In some ways, we failed to live up to one another's expectations.
  在某些方面，我们互相的期望都落了空。
• To my shame, I did not live up to her expectations.
  使我惭愧的是，我辜负了她的期望。
• 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。
• 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。