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

• 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。
• You should live up to what your parents expect of you.
  你应该不辜负父母对你的期望。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• I had to live up to my oath.
  我必须履行我的宣誓。
• 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。
• 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。