| 词汇 | up to snuff |
| 释义 | Idiom up to snuff and up to scratch Theme: SATISFACTORY as good as is required; meeting the minimum requirements. (Slang.)Sorry, Tom. Your performance isn't up to snuff You'll have to improve or find another job.My paper wasn't up to scratch, so I got an F. Slang up to scratch and up to snuff Theme: SATISFACTORY mod. satisfactory; up to what is expected.This just isn't up to scratch. You'll have to do it again.The food was up to snuff, but the hotel staff was not at its usually efficient best. Idiom up to snuff at or to an acceptable level of quality.We have a part in designing and manufacturing products and then checking to make sure they're up to snuff.Utah's bridges are in trouble, and it would cost $88 million to bring the worst cases up to snuff. Usage notes: often used in the negative: Earnings weren't up to snuff in the last quarter. up to snuffAs good as what was expected, required, or demanded; satisfactory or adequate. A: "How's your dinner?" B: "It's up to snuff with this place's usual standard." It's nice to see that Jenny's work is up to snuff again lately. up to snuffand up to scratchFig. as good as is required; meeting the minimum requirements. Sorry, Tom. Your performance isn't up to snuff. You'll have to improve or find another job. My paper wasn't up to scratch, so I got an F. up to snuffBRITISH, OLD-FASHIONEDIf something or someone is up to snuff, they are as good as they should be or as they normally are. The technology in these companies simply isn't up to snuff. Note: You can also say that you bring or get someone or something up to snuff or that someone or something comes up to snuff. The hamburgers didn't come up to snuff. up to snuff1 up to the required standard. 2 in good health. informalup to ˈsnuff(informal) of the required standard or quality; in good health: Many people believe that the new senator is not up to snuff politically.I haven’t felt up to snuff for several weeks.up to snuffverbSee up to scratch up to snuffInformal1. Normal in health. 2. Up to standard; adequate. up to snuffSatisfactory in performance, health, or some other respect. This term, which probably has something to do with the once popular habit of taking snuff, dates from at least 1800, but its origin has been lost. “He knows well enough the game we’re after; zooks he’s up to snuff,” wrote John Poole in his play Hamlet Travestie (1811), meaning that the character was wide awake and sharp. “Up to snuff, and a pinch or two over,” wrote Dickens (Pickwick Papers, 1836), meaning that something was more than satisfactory. Along with the use of snuff, the term may be dying out. |
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