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live up to something
phrasal verb with liveverbuk /lɪv/ us /lɪv/
B2
to be as good as something: 与…一样好
The concert was brilliant - it lived up to all our expectations.音乐会很棒——一点儿都没有让我们失望。
He never managed to live up to his parents' expectations.
David's cooking was brilliant - we'll never live up to that.
I feel it's impossible to live up to his mother.
The Niagara falls lived up to all the publicity.
Did the holiday live up to your expectations?
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achieve
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actualize
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get through
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kill
pan
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scale the heightsidiom
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sew something up
slam dunk
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live up to something | American Dictionary
live up to something
phrasal verb with liveverbus/lɪv/
to achieve what is expected, esp. high standards:
We expected a lot of her, and her performance lived up to our expectations.
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