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1. Mark didn''t shape up until he was thirty years old.
马克到三十岁时才振奋起来。
2. The teacher said I should shape up or go join the army.
老师说我必须振奋起来否则去从军。
3. You''d better shape up, young man.
年轻人，你最好是好自为之。
4. They''ve shaped up a program.
他们已拟定了一个方案。
1. 表现良好,乖：We should probably hit the road. It''s going to take us two hours to get home. 我们可能该上路了吧?到家... | shape up 表现良好,乖 | You''d better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你还想留下来的话最好乖...
2. 打起精神：241 Separate checks! 分开算. | 242 Shape up. 打起精神. | 243 She''s crackers. 她是疯子.
3. 成形, 形成, 顺利发展：876. shape into .形成 | 877. shape up成形, 形成,顺利发展 | 878. share in分享,分担
4. shape up的近义词
4. 挑选临时工：shape 外形 | shape-up 挑选临时工 | shaped 成形
1. 开始成形;有可能发生
If something is shaping up, it is starting to develop or seems likely to happen.
e.g. There are also indications that a major tank battle may be shaping up for tonight...
也有迹象表明今晚可能会发生大规模的坦克战。
e.g. The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster...
这次事故已经造成严重的环境灾难。
2. (人)表现(如何);(事物）进展(情况)
If you ask how someone or something is shaping up, you want to know how well they are doing in a particular situation or activity.
e.g. I did have a few worries about how Hugh and I would shape up as parents...
我对休和我将如何为人父母确实有些忧虑。
e.g. Girls are being recruited now. I heard they are shaping up very well.
现在开始招女兵了，我听说她们表现很好。
3. 端正行为;好自为之;好好干
If you tell someone to shape up, you are telling them to start behaving in a sensible and responsible way.
e.g. It is no use simply to tell adolescents to shape up and do something useful.
仅仅告诉青少年要品行端正，做有意义的事，是没有用的。
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