mark time . be idle；wait for等待

The teacher marked time until all the children were ready for the test．老师一直等到所有孩子都作好了考试准备。

Business is fairly slow；we're just marking time till the economy improves．现在生意相当萧条，我们正等待经济的好转。

mark time . move the feet up and down as in marching，but not going forward原地踏步

The captain ordered his men to mark time．上尉命令士兵原地踏步。

mark up . put up with a mark记分；在…上作记号

The child used his new crayons to mark up the kitchen walls．小孩用新蜡笔在厨房的墙上画。

They marked up the score on the scoreboard．他们把得分记在记分牌上。

mark up . decide the price at which to sell something 给…标价

If we mark them up at that price，we'll never sell them．如果我们标那样的价，那这些货永远也卖不出去。

They have marked up all these items．他们把这些商品通通标了价。

mark up . raise the price涨价；加价

Everything in the shop will have to be marked up if the tax is increased．如果税收增加的话，商店里所有的物品都得加价。

They marked up the prices of those rare books．他们提高那些珍本书的定价。

mark up . add（an item） to a store account；give credit for记帐；赊欠

I shaved a gentleman who asked me to mark it up．我替一位先生修了面，他要我记帐。

A man bought an umbrella from us and asked us to mark it up．一个男人向我们买了一把伞，叫我们记帐。

mark up . increase the marks awarded to （a student，a class，）增加（学生等的）分数

If we mark up Jones on two papers he will just scrape a pass．要是我们给琼斯的两份卷子加分，他也只能勉强及格。

marry up . join together；unite会合；联合；结合

The regular troops married up with partisans pressing down from the hills．正规军和从山上冲下来的游击队会合了。

The two parts of the project are not well married up．计划的两个组成部分结合得不好。

The poverty stricken Jordan is married up with a rich lady．一贫如洗的乔丹和一个有钱的妇人结了婚。

match up . correspond；bring into correspondence or harmony相配；和谐；使相配；使和谐

He has matched the patterns up very well．他把这些图案配得很好。

Her blouse and skirt match up nicely．她的衬衫和裙子很配。

match up . fit together to form a complete and intelligible whole把…拼成一个整体；使吻合起来

I found it difficult to match up the different versions of the event by two eyewitnesses．我发觉很难把那次事件的两位目击者的说法吻合起来。

We can't match up the two halves of the photograph．A bit is missing from the middle．我们无法把这两个半张的照片拼起来，因为中间缺了一块。

match up to . be equal to胜任；比得上；对付得了

His performance did not match up to the glowing account we had received of him．他的演出完全不象我们听说的那样了不起。

He matched up to the situation．那局面他应付过去了。

The imitation hardly matches up to the original．这个仿制品简直不能同真品相比。

matter of course . something always done；the usual way 当然的事；惯常；习惯

Since his proposal ran counter to the wishes of the community，its rejection was a matter of course．既然他的建议与大家的愿望背道而驰，它理所当然地受到大家的拒绝。

Bank officers ask questions as a matter of course when someone wants to borrow money．有人要贷款时，银行职员按例要问一些问题。

 matter of fact . something．that is really true； something that can be proved事实

It is a matter of fact that he runs faster than you do．他比你跑得快，这是事实。

Mary wasn't wearing a blue dress．As a matter of fact，she hasn't got a blue dress．玛丽没有穿蓝衣服，事实上她根本就没有蓝衣服。

may as well . might as well . may be equally advantageous to最好…；还是…为好

I shall have to pay the bill some time，so I may as well pay it now．我将来反正得付这笔钱，所以我还是现在付了为好。

If you're going to the library， I might as well go with you；I have to return this book．如果你去图书馆，我不妨和你一起去，我得去还书。

You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him．你借钱给他还不如把钱扔到海里。

mean business . be serious 严肃的；正经的

When he said he was going to the library to study，he meant business．他说他要去图书馆学习，他确实是认真说的。

by sending their top people to meet our leaders at the summit conference，they really showed they meant business．在这次最高级会议上，他们派出了他们的首领同我们的领袖见面，这表明他们是郑重其事的。

measure off . mark off by measuring划出；量出

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 shop assistant 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 . appoint in measured amounts量出；按量分配

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 flour bin and measured out some flour．他打开面粉柜，量出了一些面粉。

 measure up . be good enough尽善尽美；符合

After a number of trials，the product finally measured up．经过反复试验，该产品终于达到了标准。

She'll measure up，don't worry．别担心，她能干好的。

 measure up . take measurement；measure fully量

How does the food here measure up according to your nutrition standards? 按照你的营养标准来衡量，这儿的伙食怎么样?

He measured up the wood before he started．他在动工前先把木头量了一下。

 measure up . measure for a suit给…量尺寸做衣服

I'll just measure you up，sir，if I may? 先生，我这就给你量衣服尺寸，行吗?

 measure up . assess对…进行估价

We've been trying to measure up his chances．我们一直试图估计他到底有多少机遇。