达到/履行/实践 自己的期望/目标
live up to
1. 实践(信仰、原则等);履行(诺言等):
He faithfully lived up to his promise.
他忠实地实践了他的诺言。
2. 不辜负(期望);无愧于(自己的声望等);达到(预期的标准):
The players failed to live up to their coach's expectations of them.
选手们辜负了教练对他们的期望。
3. 与…相当;在…方面比得上(某人):
His wife was so clever that he felt that he could never live up to her.
他妻子非常聪明,他感到自己无法比得上她。
live up to 是一个短语,意思是 “实现,做到,不辜负,达到”
这里的整个意思,很明显,是说:实现某人的希望(期望),或者预期的愿望。
不辜负自己的期望