Their trip to France didn't come up to expectations.

他们的法国之行未尽如人意。

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I took a lot of flack for not playing up to expectations.

我因为没有达到预期希望而成为众矢之的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The event did not live up to expectations.

这项比赛有负众望。

《牛津词典》

"There was a feeling that if you weren't participating in the discussion, you weren't living up to expectations for the classroom which really wasn't how other classrooms worked.

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But of course this is a poor, black child growing up in the South, and his expectations, what his mind can imagine, is always going to be greater than what the world can deliver.

但要记得，这个黑人穷孩子是在南方长大的，他的期待，他想象的东西，总好过现实。

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Baswedan says there is growing concern that President Obama cannot live up to high expectations Indonesians have set for him.

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In 1998 it was Nortel's stock that was punished for failing to live up to expectations.

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If the funds didn't live up to expectations, those gratuities were taken away, Galvin said.

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However, the rumor mill is saying the Galaxy S4 smartphone will not live up to expectations.

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