match up
phrasal verbwithmatchverbuk/mætʃ/us/mætʃ/
(BE THE SAME)
If twopiecesofinformationmatchup, they are the same:
相一致Theiraccountsof whathappenedthateveningdon'tmatchup.他们对那晚所发生的事情说法不一致。
Being or appearing similar or the same
- a passing resemblanceidiom
- align
- aligned
- answer
- be in good companyidiom
- be in the same ballparkidiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in itidiom
- entrainment
- equal
- equalization
- even(something)out
- flatlining
- homologous
- match
- overlapping
- parallel
- passing
- placeless
- placelessness
- resemble
(BE SIMILAR)
If two thingsmatchup, they aresimilarand aredesignedtoconnector toworktogether:
相称,相配If theteethon thecogsdon'tmatchupcorrectly(= if they are not in thecorrectplace), themechanismwilljam.如果齿轮上的轮齿不能啮合到位,机器就会卡住。
Matching and co-ordinating
- -matched
- coordinate
- coordinated
- coordination
- go
- go withsomething
- incongruence
- marry
- marry up (something)
- match
- matchy-matchy
- tone
- tone in
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Being or appearing similar or the same
(BE EQUALLY GOOD)
to be as good as another thing,person, orexperience:
相称;配得上,媲美There was so muchhypebeforehandthat it would have beendifficultfor thefilmtomatchupto/withourexpectationsof it.这部电影事先有太多的夸大宣传,所以很难达到我们的预期。
Balance and imbalance
- accord withsomething
- align
- asymmetric
- balance(something)out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- harmonious
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- inharmonious
- jar
- on an even keelidiom
- one man's loss is another man's gainidiom
- realign
- realignment
- rebalance
- unharmonious
- well balanced
- well rounded