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

• 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 need to live up to my promises to her.
  我必须信守对的承诺。
• 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。
• He has been trying hard all the time to live up to what his parents expect of him.
  他一直努力不辜负他父母对他的期望。
• 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 hope I can live up to what you expect of me.
  我希望我不会辜负你对我的期望。
• I tried to live up to my ideal of myself.
  我努力活出理想的自我。
• You should live up to what your parents expect of you.
  你应该不辜负父母对你的期望。
• These general principles are widely known, but it isn't easy to live up to them.
  这些大道理人人都懂，真正做到可不容易啊！
• Sales have not lived up to expectations this year
  今年的销售额不尽如人意。