live up to

基本解释

That EU members often do not live up to the rules is no reason for the Balkans not to do so.
虽然欧盟成员国常常遵守不了那些规定，但这并不影响巴尔干半岛的国家们做到。
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.
按时参加会议和约会也是信守承诺，如果你在参加宴会时迟到了，要打个电话告知，不辜负自己的任务和责任。
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.
当你觉得这样活着压力巨大时，就不要再想着自己是否达到了他人的期许，如果没有的话，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.
它必须对每个人都不偏不倚,必须实现合同所述条款
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And we Americans are going try to live up to them to prove that governments can in fact, be based on these values.
我们将试图,坚持这些价值观，从而证明事实上政府可以建立，在这些价值观之上。
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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.