| 词汇 | measure somebody/something against somebody/something |
| 释义 | measure somebody/something against somebody/somethingmeasure somebody/something against somebody/something phrasal verbphr v JUDGEto judge someone or something by comparing them with another person or thing 将…与…作比较 Bridget did not think she had to measure herself against some ideal standard. 布里奇特认为她没有必要把自己和某种完美标准相比较。 Measured against our budget last year, $2.7 million seems small. 相比于我们去年的预算，270万美元似乎太少。 Examples from the Corpus measure against • At eleven and a half inches tall, Barbie became the ideal that little girls everywhere could measure themselves against.• This practice continuously compares budgeted amounts with actuals and as such is providing some measure of performance against a predetermined standard.• Each participating State will provide and maintain measures to guard against accidental or unauthorized use of military means. 25.• If all musicians and composers measured themselves against Mozart, they would be very depressed people.• This provided a lifeline for those who could receive it, and an immaculate standard of reporting to measure reality against propaganda.• I lie on the floor, feet to the house, and measure myself against that wonderful height.• The contribution of the turnpikes must be measured not against the prescriptions of later ages but against the possibilities of their own.• Half-empty glasses: do you measure what is against what might have been, or against what was? → measure somebody/something against somebody/something at measure1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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