1·His work simply isn't up to scratch.
他的工作根本达不到要求。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It'll take months to bring the band up to scratch.
得几个月工夫才能使乐队像个样子。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·A pianist has to practice every day to keep up to scratch.
钢琴手要天天练习才能保持高水平。
4·My mother always made me feel I wasn't coming up to scratch.
母亲总是使我觉得自己不够优秀。
5·We'll have to bring the house up to scratch before we sell it.
我们得把这所房子维修一下再出售。
6·The local dancing troupe has improved this year, but it is still not up to scratch.
本地的舞蹈团今年进步了很多，不过还是不够好。
7·Of course, your credit record, within you field of trade needs to be up to scratch.
当然，您的信用记录，在您的经营领域里，必须要达到一定的水平。
8·Helen missed yesterday's meeting. Will you bring her up to scratch on the Bank Project?
海伦缺席了昨天的会议，你能否向她介绍一下银行项目的事情？
9·That tells me that either their software is not up to scratch or something funny is going on.
这只能说不是他们的软件不达标，就是出了怪事。
10·Douglas: Harvey and Victoria will bring us up to scratch on what they know about Lian and Lok Lee.
道格拉斯：哈维和维多利亚会向各位介绍他们所了解到的有关对丽安和洛克的情况。