admeasure /æd'meʤə/confidence building measure Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
for good measure
measure up
measure off
They measured off the area in which they would work．他们划出了他们将要工作的地区。
I asked the shopassistant to measure off two metres of blue corduroy for me．我叫营业员给我量两米蓝灯芯绒。
measure out
The chemist carefully measured out a dose of herbal medicine and told me how to brew it．药剂师仔细地配好一付中药，并告诉我煎药的方法。
He opened the flourbin and measured out some flour．他打开面粉柜，量出了一些面粉。
measure up to
The products did not measure up to specifications．这些产品没达到规格。
If she doesn't measure up to the job，she'll just have to leave．要是她不能胜任这工作，她只得离去。
measure up to one's expectations
Idiom(s): measure up (to one's expectations)Theme: ACHIEVEMENT
to be as good as one expects.
• This meal doesn't measure up to my expectations.
• Why doesn't it measure up?
made to measure
Idiom(s): made to measureTheme: FITTING
[of clothing] made especially to fit the measurements of a particular person.
• Jack has his suits made to measure because he's rather large.
• Having clothes made to measure is rather expensive.
beyond measure
Idiom(s): beyond measureTheme: AMOUNT - LARGE
more than can be measured; in a very large amount.
• They brought in hams, turkeys, and roasts, and then they brought vegetables and salads beyond measure.
• They thanked all of us beyond measure.
Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures
When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions.beyond measure|beyond|measure
adj. or adv. phr., formal So much that it can not be measured or figured without any limits. With her parents reunited and present at her graduation, she had happiness beyond measure. No one envied him for he was popular beyond measure.confidence-building measure
Any activity taken to annihilate or abate the abhorrence of advance or accretion of battle amid two or added parties, as in all-embracing politics, interpersonal communication, business interactions, etc. The appellation is usually pluralized. The two countries, continued on the border of absolute war, accept alien several confidence-building measures amid their governments to facilitate bigger advice and hopefully avoid the charge for a aggressive abhorrent by either side. One of our goals in alliance counseling is to actualize confidence-building measures amid spouses, so that anniversary being learns to acquaint their frustrations afore they about-face into a antecedent of conflict.Learn more: measure
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