live up to

基本解釋

That EU members often do not live up to the rules is no reason for the Balkans not to do so.
雖然歐盟成員國常常遵守不了那些規(guī)定，但這并不影響巴爾干半島的國家們做到。
So show up on time for meetings and appointments, always call if you’re going to be late for dinner, live up to your duties and responsibilities.
按時參加會議和約會也是信守承諾，如果你在參加宴會時遲到了，要打個電話告知，不辜負自己的任務和責任。
When you feel pressure to live up to someone else’s expectations, stop and consider whether or not their expectations are in harmony with yours, if not, do what’s best for you.
當你覺得這樣活著壓力巨大時，就不要再想著自己是否達到了他人的期許，如果沒有的話，那就做到最好的自己吧。

Baswedan says there is growing concern that President Obama cannot live up to high expectations Indonesians have set for him.
It has to behave in an honorable way for everyone; it has to live up to its contract.
它必須對每個人都不偏不倚,必須實現(xiàn)合同所述條款
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節(jié)選
And we Americans are going try to live up to them to prove that governments can in fact, be based on these values.
我們將試圖,堅持這些價值觀，從而證明事實上政府可以建立，在這些價值觀之上。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節(jié)選

So the bar has been raised very high for Madden NFL 12 to live up to.
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If someone or something lives up to what they were expected to be, they are as good as they were expected to be.