You'd better lower your standards if you want to find somewhere cheap to live. 要想找個便宜的地方住，你最好降低要求。

It’s hard for others to come up to the very high standards she sets for herself. 其他人很難達到她為自己定出的那么高的標準。

It’s a long report, but it really boils down to a demand for higher safety standards. 這篇報告很長，其實歸結起來就是要有更高的安全標準。

Those houses are badly built; they are well below standard [below the necessary standard]. 那些房屋建筑質量很差，遠遠達不到標準（起碼的標準）。

◆這樣用時，其后通常接介詞of，表示“……的標準或水平”。如：

Standards of education are falling. 教育水平在下降。

The standard of her work is high. 她的工作質量很高。

Mrs Miller had high standards of dress and manners. 米勒太太對衣著和禮儀有很高的要求。

The standard of his work is well below the average of his class. 他的成績大大低于班上的平均成績。

The standard of football in the World Cup was rather indifferent. 這次世界杯的足球比賽水準相當底低下。

His work in maths needs to be brought up to the standard of the others. 他的數學功課需要趕上別人的水平。

Complaints about standards of service should be addressed to the proprietor. 對服務態度有意見者可向老板投訴。

It used to be my favourite restaurant but the standard of cooking has fallen off recently. 那是我以前最喜歡的飯館，但近來烹飪水平已大不如前了。

◆表示根據……標準，通常與介詞by搭配如：

It was a simple meal by Eddie's standards. 在埃迪看來，那不過是一頓便飯。

People were very poor then by today’s standards. 以今天的標準而言，那時候的人很窮。

The equipment is slow and heavy by modern standards. 按現代標準，那臺設備又慢又笨重。

The performance was good, when judged by their usual standards. 按他們平時的水平衡量，這次演出不錯。

Ella was 41 years old, hardly a girl by any standard. 埃拉41歲了，不論以什么標準也很難說是女孩子了。

上一頁  [1] [2] [3] 下一頁