词组 | Up to |
释义 | Up to 1 (指时间、数量、高度等)直到: Up to that time the man began to realize that he was in luck. 直到那时,那人才觉察到,自己走好运了。 Her baby is so clever that he can count from one up to ten. 她的婴儿非常聪明,他能从1数到10。 The man has been after fame and gain for tens of years but still does not achieve his wishes up to now. 那人追求名利已经数10年,但是直到现在尚没有如愿。 After a downpour,the water level rises so quickly,soon it comes up to the warning stage. 大雨以后,水位上升非常迅速,不久它就达到警戒线。 Up to this moment I have not received my postordered medicine. 直到现在我还没有收到我的邮购药品。 胜任: She is not up to such a sight-seeing tour to the seashore this summer. 今年夏天她的身体不能适应到海滨去的这种观光旅行。 My friend has been well trained,he is up to much more complicated work. 我的朋友受过很好的训练,他能胜任比这个要复杂得多的工作。 They wanted to employ an engineer who would be up to such technical work. 他们想雇用一位能胜任这种技术工作的工程师。 匹敌;相并列: As a scholar,he was not up to many of his contemporary writers. 作为一个学者,他比不上与他同时代的许多作家。 I must admit that I cannot get up to him in many respects. 我必须承认,我在许多方面不如他。 No one is up to him in eloquence,for he is a wellknown orator. 没有人能比得上他的口才,因为他是一个著名的演说家。 从事于: They are up to their own work and have no time to help us. 他们正在从事他们自己的工作,没有时间帮助我们。 These people pay no attention to things important,they are up to trifles from morning till night. 这些人不注意重要的事情,他们从早到晚忙于琐事。 What mischief are you up to? 你在耍什么把戏? They are up to no good. 他们做不出什么好事来。 (指人)负有义务、责任: It is up to everyone of us to help the weak and the helpless. 帮助弱者和无助的人是我们每个人的责任。 It is up to himself to decide whether to do it. 要由他自己决定是否要做那件事。 It is up to righteous people to curb the evil and carry forward the good. 抑恶扬善是正义人们的责任。 act up to 奉行;按照实行(指对规则、劝告、理想等): The youth has an ambition to become a chemist,he has begun to act up to it. 那青年有一个成为化学家的抱负,他现在已经按照这个抱负去做了。 act up to one’s opinions 照自己的主张行事;遵循自己的信念而行动: Harvey is a stubborn youth,once he makes up his mind,he will always act up to his opinions. 哈维是个固执的青年,一旦他作了决定,他就总是按照自己的主张行事。 be/come up to scratch (for sth)准备好(做某事);挺身(做某事): Through three months’ preparation,the company has come up to scratch for inauguration. 经过三个月的准备工作,该公司已经为开幕作好准备。 be up to all dodges 诡计多端: Although he is a wise and able young man,he is up to all dodges,so no one dares to trust him and cooperate with him. 虽然他是个聪明有才能的青年,但他诡计多端,所以没有人敢信任他和跟他合作。 be up to a thing or two 明白事理;见多识广;精明能干: My friend David is up to a thing or two,he has ever faced the world and braved the storm,no scene,however grand,amounts much to him. 我的朋友大卫见多识广,他曾经经风雨,见世面,多么大的场面也不在话下。 be up to one’s shoulder 深深地陷入: Edgar is up to his shoulder in difficulty,but he has many good friends,they will come to his rescue when they know this. 艾德嘉深深地陷入困难,但是他有许多好朋友,当他们知道以后,将很快地来解救他。 be up to sample (货物)符合样品规格;是可以接受的: We found the businessman as good as his word and the goods he had sold to us were up to(the)sample. 我们发现那位商人守信用,他卖给我们的货物也符合样品规格。 be up to something 在打什么坏主意;在搞什么鬼: I think the mischievous child is up to something now,he often keeps himself in his room and does something others do not know. 我想那个淘气的孩子现在是在搞什么鬼,他时常在自己屋里做一些别人不知道的事。 be up to strength 达到所需数字(指兵力或机关单位工作人员数字): Although Switzerland is an everneutral country,she always keeps her army up to strength so as to defend her territory not to be invaded. 虽然瑞士是一个永久中立国家,但他总保持他的军队达到所需数字,以便保卫他的领土不被侵略。 be up to the ears in love 在热恋中: Connie is up to the ears in love with a learned and talented young man,they are inseparable from each other as body and shadow all day long. 康妮正在跟一位博学多才的男青年热恋,他们二人终日形影不离。 be up to the mustard 〈美俚语〉符合要求: Paul is a graduate of a certain technical college,his qualifications are up to the mustard for that technical post. 保罗是某一技术大学的毕业生,他的资历符合那个技术职位的要求。 be up to the/one’s eyes 深深陷在;埋头于: That physicist devoted himself to the research of electro-magnetic theory,he is up to the eyes in his experiments. 那位物理学家致力于电磁原理的研究,他埋头于他的实验之中。 be up to trap 奸猾;不好欺哄: My neighbour is a shrewd man,he is up to trap. 我的邻居是个精明人,他不好欺哄。 bring sth up to date 1 使时新;使合乎时代潮流;使现代化: In order to raise productivity,their factory has brought their equipment up to date. 为了提高生产率,他们工厂已经使他们的设备现代化。 使直到最近: A historian has written our country’s history to the Qing Dynasty before,now he brings it up to date. 一位历史学家以前曾把我国的历史写到清朝,现在他把它补写到现在。 bring sb up to scratch 使某人准备好(做某事);使某人坚决行动起来: Through three months’ training,our team leader has brought our team up to scratch for the championship match. 经过三个月的训练,我们队长已经使我们队为参加冠军赛作好准备。 bring sth up to strength 使达到所需数字;使达到所需数量: We now found several branch offices and our personnel is insufficient,we must try to bring them up to strength. 我们现在建立了几个分公司,人员感到不足,我们必须设法增添人员使之达到所需数字。 close up to 靠近;贴近: When Alice did her washing,her little pet dog lay close up to her. 爱丽丝洗衣服时,她宠爱的小狗就贴近她卧着。 come up to 达到(某种程度);到达(某一地点);走近(某人)近前: His skill has come up to that of a eighth degree worker,so he will be promoted in rank and raised in pay soon. 他的技能已经达到八级工人的程度,所以他不久即将晋级加薪。 come up to the mark 1 (赛跑)站在起跑线上: Runners have all come up to the mark,they are waiting for the order to start. 赛跑人都已经站在起跑线上,他们正在等候命令起跑。 严守规则: The referee asks all players to come up to the mark,those who foul will be ordered off the field. 裁判员要求所有运动员严守规则,凡是犯规者都要罚出场。 cotton up to 〈俚语〉与(某人)融洽相处: We all like Adam because he cottons up to everyone who wants to make friends with him. 我们都喜欢亚当,因为他跟任何愿意跟他交朋友的人融洽相处。 feel up to 能胜任;有能力做: Mary is out of condition these few months,she does not feel up to such a long journey. 玛丽最近这几个月身体不适,她不能胜任这样一个长途旅行。 full up to the throat 吃得过饱;饱到嗓子眼: By the end of the feast,that glutton has been full up to the throat,he can hardly move at all. 到宴会结束时,那个贪食者已经饱到嗓子眼,他几乎连动都动不了了。 get up to 1 登上;到达: Alice likes the novel very much,she reads it all day long and has got up to the last chapter of it. 爱丽丝非常喜欢那本小说,她读了一整天,已经读到它的最后一章。 致力于;专心于: The mathematician is getting up to the study of mathematical logic and has acquired great achievements on it. 那位数学家正在致力于数理逻辑的研究工作并已经获得了巨大成就。 go well up to the bridle 听从骑马者的驾驭;服从驾驭: The horseman likes his horse very much because it goes well up to the bridle. 那位骑马者非常喜欢他的马,因为它服从他的驾驭。 hold the mirror up to nature 给自然照镜子;真实地反映事物: To be scientists,we should be able to hold the mirror up to nature and analyse things to the marrow. 作为科学家,我们要能够真实地反映事物和精确地分析它们。 hold sb up to mockery 嘲笑某人: Our neighbour is as timid as a hare,we often hold him up to mockery. 我们的邻人胆小如兔,我们时常嘲笑他。 it is up to sb (to do sth) 该由某人(做某事);该由某人(来决定某事): We are inexperienced and do not know what to do,it is up to you to tell us how to deal with the problem. 我们没有经验,不知道怎样办,该由你来告诉我们怎样处理这个问题。 lead up to 1 把……一直领到: A guide leads mountaineers up to the foot of that snowy mountain and tells them where to climb. 一位向导把登山运动员们一直领到那座雪山的山脚下,并且告诉他们从哪里往上爬。 导致: As both sides insisted on their own demand,a trifling had led to the breakage of the two companies’cooperation. 由于双方都坚持自己的要求,一件琐事已经导致了这两家公司合作的中断。 live up to 1 实践;做到(目标、誓言、原则等): They initiate hard work and plain life and they live up to it themselves. 他们倡导艰苦朴素,他们自己也真正地做到了。 不愧于(某种声望、名誉等): This scientist lived up to the fame of a great inventor,he made many important inventions in his life. 这位科学家不愧于大发明家的声誉,他一生中做了许多重大发明。 live up to one’s reputation 不负盛名: That football team lives up to their reputation of ever-victorious team,they have gone in for many matches and always win championship. 那个足球队不负常胜队的盛名,他们参加了多次比赛,总是赢得冠军。 look up to sb as 把某人尊敬为: Scientists all over the world looked up to Albert Einstein as their teacher. 全世界的科学家们都把爱因斯坦尊为他们的老师。 make up to 1 接近;向(女子)求爱: A learned and talented young man makes up to a beautiful and virtuous girl,people all wish him success. 一位博学多才的男青年向一位美丽贤惠的姑娘求爱,人们都祝愿他成功。 补偿;弥补: After recovering from illness,he works even harder to make up for the lost time. 病好以后,他更加努力工作以弥补失去的时间。 measure up to 够得上;达到;符合: According to strict standards,these players measure up to first-rate players in the world. 根据严格标准,这些运动员够得上世界第一流的运动员。 put sb up to 向某人建议做某事(不正确的事);教唆: It is immortal to put others up to improper things. 建议别人去做不正确的事是不道德的。 put sb up to the ropes 告诉某人内情;告诉某人窍门或作法: When young people consulted him about something,he would take all the trouble,putting them up to the ropes. 当年轻人向他请教时,他总是不厌其烦地告诉他们怎样做。 put sb up to the time of day 使某人了解当前情况: Henry knows little about the present situation,we put him up to the time of day. 亨利对现在情况知道的不多,我们使他了解当前情况。 run up to 跑到……的近前;达到(某数字): Our company made a great success in business last year,our profit ran up to ten million dollars. 去年我们公司的业务非常成功,全年利润达到一千万元。 stand up to 1 (指物料)耐用;经得起: Such metal stands well up to very high pressure. 这样的金属经得起非常高的压力。 勇敢地面对(某人): To protect the small and weak,they stand up to evil persons. 为了保护弱小,他们勇敢地面对恶人。 stand up to one’s lick-dog 在不愉快的形势下坚持自己的立场;不屈服: Confronted with so many famous scientists,the young scientist stood up to his lick-dog and challenged a famous,authoritative scientific law. 面对这么多著名的科学家那位年轻的科学家坚持自己的立场,向一条著名的科学定律挑战。 suck up to 〈俚语〉奉承;拍马: It is an abject act to suck up to others,an honest man attains his goal through his own efforts and never appeals to such improper means. 奉承别人是一种低劣的行为,正直的人们通过自己的努力来达到目的,绝不会使用这种不正确的手段。 up to a move or two或up to every move on the board 机灵;精明: Helen is up to every move on the board,she can guess out your intentions at a glance. 海伦非常机灵,她只消看你一眼就能猜中你的心意。 up to date 时新的;合乎时代潮流的: The equipment of this works is up to date,so their productivity is high and their products are best in quality. 这个工厂的设备是最新式的,所以他们的生产率很高,产品质量优良。 up to much 有很大价值: Their words are always up to much to us,we should pay adequate attention to their advice to us. 他们的话对我们总是有很大价值,我们对他们的忠告应当相当重视。 up to no good 不怀好意: This person went out so late at night,he must be up to no good. 这个人夜里这么晚出去,他一定不怀好意。 up to now 迄今;到现在为止: Our athletes have won ten gold medals and ten silver medals in the Olympic Games up to now. 到现在为止,我们运动员在奥林匹克运动会上已经赢得十枚金牌十枚银牌。 up to one’s neck in 齐颈陷在……之中;深陷于……中: Owing to extravagance and waste,the man is now up to his neck in debt. 由于铺张浪费,那人现在深陷债务之中。 up to par 达到正常标准;达到水平;达到正常情况: The quality of our product has been up to par but we should improve it to a higher level. 我们的产品质量已经达到正常标准,但是我们应当把它提高到更高水平。 up to scratch 1 准备起跑;准备竞赛: All runners are up to scratch,they are waiting for the order to start. 所有赛跑运动员都作好起跑准备,他们正在等候起跑的口令。 〈口语〉准备好动手干: Through several months’ hard work,the students are up to scratch for their academic degree examination. 经过几个月的刻苦用功,学生们已经为参加学位考试作好准备。 〈口语〉达到标准;合乎规格: That piano player was not feeling well so his performance was not up to scratch. 那位钢琴演奏者身体不舒服,所以他的演奏没到水准。 up to snuff 〈俚语〉1 正常的;符合标准的: These products sell pretty well in the markets because their quality is up to snuff. 这些产品在市场上相当畅销,因为它们的质量符合标准。 精明的;不易受骗的: Our manager is up to snuff,he is much experienced in business. 我们的经理很精明,他在商业上经验丰富。 up to standard 合乎标准;合格: He has been employed as a higherclass skilful worker because his skill isup to standard. 他已经被录用为高级熟练工,因为他的技能合乎标准。 up to the average 合乎一般水平: If a secretary can dictate thirty words every minute,she can be said to be up to the average. 一位秘书如果每分钟能够听写30个字,她可以说是合乎一般水平。 up to the chin (in sth) 深陷于;深没于: The young man has been up to the chin in love with a beautiful girl since he met her several months before. 那个青年自从前几个月遇到一位美丽的姑娘以后就深陷于爱恋之中。 up to the ears (in sth) 深陷于;繁忙于(工作、事务等): My friend was up to the ears in business affair,he even had no time for dinner. 我的朋友忙于业务,他甚至没有功夫吃饭。 up to the handle 〈美口语〉极度地;整个地;全心全意地: That mathematician throws himself into study up to the handle,his brain is full of figures and equations. 那位数学家全部身心投入研究工作,他的脑子中充满了数字和方程式。 up to the hilt 完全地;彻底地;到极点(通常指不好的事物): Jack was in trouble up to the hilt,his friends were trying to help him out. 杰克深陷于麻烦之中,他的朋友们正设法解救他。 up to the hub 深深陷入;被完全缠住: The housewife is up to the hub in her household duties,she has no time to associate with her old friends. 那位家庭主妇完全被家务事缠住,她没有时间跟老朋友们交往。 up to the knocker 1 身体好: Although the gentleman is advanced in age,he is still up to the knocker. 虽然那位先生年事已高,但是他的身体仍然很好。 非常流行: This kind of dress is now up to the knocker,most young people wear it in the streets. 这种服装现在非常流行,大多数年轻人在街上穿着它。 up to the mark 合标准;胜任: Our work is up to the mark and we are not afraid of any examination. 我们的工作合乎标准,所以我们不怕任何检查。 up to the minute 最新的;最新式的: Their equipment is up to the minute,no wonder their products sell well in the markets at home and abroad. 他们的设备是最新式的,无怪乎他们的产品在国内外市场上畅销。 up to the (last) notch 〈美〉胜任;称职: 无负于声望: That engineer stands high in our manager’s favour,for he is up to the notch in technical work. 那位工程师甚受我们经理的尊重,因为他胜任他的技术工作。 up to the present 直到现在: 迄今: The event has passed away several hundred years,but traditions about it still circulate up to the present. 事情已经过去数百年,但是关于它的传说直到现在仍然流传。 up to this time 到此刻为止;到现在为止: Several thousand people have made donation to help the people of disaster area up to this time. 到现在为止已经有数千人捐助款物帮助灾区人民。 up to time 准时: He is as punctual as a clock,he always appears up to time no matter what meeting he attends. 他像钟表一样守时,无论参加什么会,他都是准时出现。 李士钧 编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津: 天津科学技术出版社. 2003 第959-966页. |
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