measure up to . display qualities，skills，of a required standard胜任；适合；符合标准

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。

meet．somebody's eye . appear clearly清楚地出现在某人眼前

When John walked out of the woods，a clear blue lake met his eye．约翰走出树林时，清澈的湖水展现在他眼前。

She was afraid to meet my eye．她不敢正眼看我。

meet one's engagements . keep one's promise承诺（约言、契约）

He has met his engagements．他已履行了他的契约。

meet one's engagements . make payment付款

He has not enough money to meet his engagements．他没有足够的钱来偿清他的债务。

meet somebody half way . compromise；come to an understanding with somebody  when opinions differ妥协；和解

In an effort to end the strike，the owners agreed to meet the strikers halfway．为了努力结束这场罢工，老板自己和罢工者和解了。

The two sides finally met halfway —the workers gave up their pay claim but got the cut in working hours that they wanted．双方最后都作出了让步—工人们放弃增加工资的要求，但得到了他们想要的劳动时间的减少。

John has definite ideas about things，but he's not unreasonable，he always tries to meet you halfway．约翰对事情有明确的意见，但他不是不讲理的，他总是努力和你折衷一下。

meet up with . meet by accident遇到；接触

The family would have arrived on time，but they met up with a flat tire．要不是在路上坏了一只车胎，他们一家人是会准时到的。

It was some years before we met up with each other again．几年之后我们才再度邂逅。

meet with  . meet，usu．by accident（偶然）遇见

In the woods， he met with two strangers．在树林里他遇上了两个陌生人。

I met with an old friend at the meeting．我在会上碰到了一个老朋友。

meet with  . meet together，usu．by plan （按计划）约见

The two scouts went to meet with the officers to talk about plans for the march．两位侦察员前去会见军官，讨论行军计划。

I met with him at the bus stop and together we went to dine at a restaurant．我和他在汽车站碰头，然后一起去饭馆吃饭。

meet with  . experience经历；遭受

The farmer met with misfortune；storm．这位农场主遭受了不幸，他的庄稼被一场暴风雨毁了。

On every battle field the enemy met with defeat．敌军在各个战场上都吃了败仗。

meet with  . agree with；be in accord with 符合（某种意见）；获得（同意）

The suggestion met with unanimous approval．该项建议获得一致通过。

The plan you submitted seems to meet with the committee's ideas on the subject．你提出的计划似乎符合委员会对这个问题的主张。

melt away . become liquefied by heat； thaw 熔化；融化

The snow soon melted away when the sun came out．太阳一出来，雪很快就融化了。

melt away . disappear or cause to disappear gradually消失

The suspicion melted away when he had told me the truth．他把事情真相告诉我后，我心中的疑团涣然冰释。

The crowd quickly melted away when police asked for the names of witnesses．警察询问证人姓名时，人们很快走光了。

melt away . dissolve into ecstasies着迷；神魂颠倒

My heart melted away in secret raptures．我暗地里高兴得心花怒放。

His story melted away my soul．他的故事使我着了迷。

melt down . reduce by melting熔化

They melted down the lead and poured it into moulds．他们把铅熔化，倒进模子里。

The state offers fair prices for scrap iron to be melted down for reuse．国家以合理的价格收购废铁以使回炉后重新使用。

 melt in somebody 's mouth . taste very good，delicious美味可口的

Mother's apple pie really melts in your mouth．妈妈做的苹果饼真是好吃极了。

merge together . blend together（使）混和起来

The shadows slowly merge together．阴影慢慢地合在了一起。

The painter tried to merge the colors together．画家试图把那几种颜色和起来。

mess around . mess about . handle or play with something carelessly瞎弄；乱搞

He won't allow anyone to mess about with his new bike．他不许任何人乱摆弄他的新自行车。

Tell the child not to mess around with the fire．叫孩子不要玩火。

mess around . mess about . behave in a foolish， noisy way 吵闹；胡闹

The children were messing about in their mother's room．孩子们在母亲房里乱闹。

Who's messing about there and making such a noise? 谁在那儿胡闹，发出这么大的声响?

mess around . mess about . engage in idle or purposeless activity无所事事；鬼混

I wish he'd stop messing about and get down to some serious work．我希望他干点正事不要再鬼混了。

They messed about on the beach most of the summer．夏天的大部分时间他们都在海滨闲混。

mess around . mess about . treat roughly 粗暴地对待

The old man was very angry， because he had never been messed about like that by anybody all his life．老人气极了，因为这辈子从来没有人对他这样粗暴过。

mess up . spoil something or do a job badly弄乱；弄糟

I've sorted out the books；now don't mess them up again．我已经把书整理好了，请不要再把它们弄乱。

The weather messed up our holiday plans．坏天气把我们的度假计划给破坏了。

Don't mess up my clean floor．别把我的干净地板弄脏了。