| 短语 | up to |
| 释义 | up to 1. as far as 远至, 直至： I could reach just up to his waist. 我只能够到他的腰。 ■ （亦作up until）until 直至： up to now I hadn't had a relationship. 至今我还没有与人有情人关系。 2. indicating a maximum amount 最多, 多至： the process is expected to take up to two years. 这一过程预计最多需要两年。 3. [with negative or in questions] as good as; good enough for 达到, 及得上： I was not up to her standards. 我还未达到她的标准。 ■ capable of or fit for 胜任; 适于： he is simply not up to the job. 他根本不胜任这项工作。 4. the duty, responsibility, or choice of (someone) （职责, 责任, 抉择）在于： it was up to them to gauge the problem. 判断这问题是他们的责任。 5. informal occupied or busy with 〈非正式〉忙于： what's he been up to? 他在忙什么？ up tol. as far as; up to the present 直到现在 * He hasn't seen any elephant up to the present day. 他到现在也没有见过大象。2. doing (usu. sth. wrong); plotting 从事于；策划 * Some people believe those men are spies, but no one knows what they are up to. 有人认为那些人是间谍，但是没有人知道他们想干什么。3. dependent on the decision of sb. 由…决定 * It's up to you to decide whether we buy this set of furniture or not. 由你来定我们是否买这套家具。4. able to do sth. 适合；胜任 * She is not up to the work assigned to her. 她不胜任所干的工作。 * I don't feel up to the work. 我觉得自己干不了这项工作。 * I'm not up to travelling. 我的身体不适合旅行。up to 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。2.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。3.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。4.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。5.(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。 |
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