| 释义 |
make the grade
1. make good; succeed 成功
* Mr. Baker made the grade in the insurance business. 贝克先生在保险业务上干得很不错。
2. meet a standard; qualify 够水准；合格
* After repeated trials the new calculators eventually made the grade. 通过反复试验，那种新计算器终于达到了标准。
He tried several times to enlist, but first he was too young,
* then too thin, to make the grade. 他几次报名参军，但都不合标准，先是由于他年龄大小，而后又由于他个子太瘦。 |