每日一词【356】live up to：不辜负期望

今天我们要学的词是live up to。 Live up to, 是不辜负期望的意思。"The boy lived up to all his parents' expectations," 这个男孩没有辜负父母对他的期望。"The winter storm¹ failed² to live up to predictions," 这场暴风雪没有天气预报说的那么严重。

对于网上零售商来说，今年的节日购物季节已经快要结束了。"Holiday sales³ did⁴ not live up to the industry's hopes," 但是销售额并没有达到网上零售业期待的水平。好的，今天我们学习的词是live up to...

1 storm   

n.暴风雨；vi.起风暴，强攻；vt.猛攻，捣毁

参考例句：

• The storm lasted three days.暴风雨持续了三天。
• This is the place where the storm hit.这就是暴风雨袭击的地方。

2 failed   

adj.失败了的，不成功的v.在…中失败( fail的过去式和过去分词 )；衰退；衰弱；破产

参考例句：

• The plan was brilliant in its conception but failed because of lack of money. 尽管这计划构想绝妙，但终因资金不足而告流产。
• The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing. 汽车在人行横道线未能停车，结果把小孩撞死了。

3 sales   

adj.销售的，推销的n.销售（额）；卖( sale的名词复数 )；销售额；销路；贱卖

参考例句：

• A good advertising campaign will increase our sales. 良好的广告宣传活动会增加我们的销售量。
• Our agent in New York deals with all US sales. 我们在纽约的代理商经办在整个美国的销售。

4 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？