拳击英语(拳击英语专业术语)

Not up to scratch是跟运动相关的用语，只不过这次的运动是拳击。现在的拳击比赛会以敲钟作为比赛开始的信号，但在几世纪以前，当拳击尚在发展初期，并没有钟，于是在两位选手中间的地.上画一条线，当选手一越线，比赛就开始。当较弱的选手被打到线后面时，他就会被形容为not up to scratch，这个说法可能源自18世纪。

Not up to scratch的意思就是：未达标准；不够资格。比如：I don"t want to buy that brand of TV-it"s not up to scratch.我不想买哪个牌子的电视，太烂了。

看下老外聊天时怎么用not up to scratch：

Ellen：I heard the company fred the new employee.

我听说公司把新人开除了。

Morris：Really？Wasn"t he just hired last month？

真的吗？不是上个月才招的吗？

Ellen：Yes.Apparently，he kept making all kinds of mistakes.

对。显然他一直出错。

Morris：I guess he wasn"t up to scratch.

我想他能力未达标吧。

Not up to scratch例句精选：

Your work is not up to scratch. If you don"t improve, you"ll lose you job.

你的工作没达到标准，要是你不改进，你会丢饭碗的。

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。

The couple told the housing officials that the three-bedroom flat simply was not up to scratch for their needs.

这对夫妇告诉管理住房的官员们这套三居室的套房根本没有达到他们的要求。

But the main gripe of wealthier visitors is that Singaporeans "Mandarin is not up to scratch.

但富裕游客们的主要抱怨是，新加坡人的汉语说得不标准。