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 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 just want you to live up to your responsibilities.
  我只是想你担负起你的责任。
• 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。
• I expect the person to live up to my expectations.
  我期盼当事人达到我的预期。
• 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！
• He failed to live up to my trust and love, and also yours.
  他辜负了我对他的信任和爱，也辜负了你对他的信任和爱。
• 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。
• The onus is on the shopkeeper to provide goods which live up to the quality of their description
  店主有义务提供质量与其描述相符的商品。
• I think I should work hard at English and live up to his expectation.
  我想我应该努力学习英语，决不辜负他的期望。
• I tried to live up to my ideal of myself.
  我努力活出理想的自我。