measure, measure up, unneeded, call off, square off/ up

   US Vice-President Mike Pence and Democratic Party challenger Kamala Harris are squaring off in their first and only election debate. The October 7, 2020, session at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City is being moderated by Susan Page of USA Today.

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Gin and tonic originated in India—but it has taken many years for home-grown firms to measure up https://econ.st/34ba6U7

 

Cultures with diets that contain considerable fat—like the Inuit and the Maasai—experienced obesity, hypertension and coronary disease only when they began to eat profuse amounts of sugar

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Why the conventional wisdom linking fat with chronic disease does not square up
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 An Egypt Arrest, and a Brotherhood on the Run

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ALAN COWELL

Mohamed Badie was arrested hours after a court ordered the release of former President Hosni Mubarak, offering a measure of Egypt's redrawn political landscape.

 

 

Companies Square Off in Tax-Rewrite Battle 6

 

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes

 

F.A.A. Weighs Criteria for Allowing 787 to Fly

By CHRISTOPHER DREW

Without knowing what caused the batteries to fail, experts cannot be sure if Boeing’s measures will work.

On Sept. 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off.


Greek Leader Calls Off Referendum on Bailout Plan
By RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS

Prime Minister George A. Papandreou of Greece said a vote on his country’s new debt deal with the euro zone was unneeded after he won a measure of support for the deal from his opposition.

square off

(自)((主に米略式))身構える, 対立する構えを示す.

square off

• 1 North Americananother way of saying square up below.  he two men squared off

• 2 Australian/NZ settle a difference.

square someone off

Australian placate someone.

square up

assume the attitude of a person about to fight:he has been known to square up to people who have enraged him

(square up to) face and tackle (a difficulty or problem) resolutely:the Party squared up to the necessity of facing fascism with military sanctions

measure[meas・ure] 

• 発音記号[méʒər]

[名]

1 [U]（測定された）大きさ, 広さ, 寸法；量, 量目, ます目

a level measure
（ますを）ならした量, すりきり

angular measure
角度

cubic ［solid］ measure
体積, 容積

square measure
面積

dry ［liquid］ measure
乾［液］量

a coat made to measure
寸法に合わせて作った上着

take the measure of a room
部屋の寸法を測る

give full ［short］ measure
（計り売りで）量目どおりに渡す［量目をごまかす］.

2 測定, 計測, 測量, 計量(measurement)

a measure of the distance
距離の測定.

3 度量（測定）器（物差し・巻き尺・ますなど）；（小麦・油などの）一定の量；一杯, 一山, 一袋

a yard measure
ヤード尺

a tape measure
巻き尺

a liter measure
リットル計量器

a measure of rice
米一袋

two measures of gravel
砂利2山.

4 （度量の）単位, 標準（メートル・ポンドなど）

weights and measures
度量衡

A minute is a measure of time.
分は時間の単位だ.

5 基準, 尺度, 判断の手がかり

by any measure
どのような基準に照らしても

by measure of economic strength
経済力から判断すれば

be a good measure of ...
…を測る正しい尺度である

Man is the measure of all things.
人間は万物の尺度.

6 [U][C]（越えてはならない）限度, 限界；妥当な範囲

above ［beyond, out of (all)］ measure
((形式))法外に, 非常に

within ［without］ measure
適度［過度］に

know no measure
限度を知らない, 際限がない.

7 [U][C]分量；程度；比率, 割合

a measure of success
ある程度の成功

in a ［some］ measure
ある程度, いくぶん

in (a) great ［a large］ measure
((形式))大いに, 大部分

in full measure
十分に, 不足なく.

8 ((通例〜s))行動, 処置；方策, 手段

preventive measures
予防策

take ［adopt］ hard ［strong］ measures
強硬な手段［処置］をとる［講じる］.

9 法案, 条例, 議案

reject the measure
法案を却下する.

10 [U]《音楽》拍子, リズム；小節；《詩》韻律, 歩格(meter).

11 《印刷》行の長さ, 行幅.

12 ((〜s))《地質学》地層, 層

coal measures
石炭層.

13 《数学》
(1) 約数

a common measure
公約数

the greatest common measure
最大公約数.

(2) 測度.

fill up the measure of ...

〈不正などを〉あくまでやり通す；〈不幸などを〉なめ尽くす.

for good measure

おまけとして, 余分に, 念のために

I always carry ＄20 extra for good measure.
私はいつも20ドルの予備を持ち歩いている.

have ［take］ a person's measure/take ［get］ the measure of a person's feet

〈人の〉人格［器量など］を（自分と比べて）判断［評価］する, 人物を見定める.

measure for measure

目には目, 歯には歯.

tread ［trip］ a measure

((略式))踊る.

━━[動](他)

1 〈長さ・大きさ・量などを〉計る, の寸法を取る((up))

measure distances between cities
都市間の距離を測る

The man was measured (up) for a suit.
その男はスーツの採寸をしてもらった（▼The tailor measured (up) the man for a suit. の受動態）.

2 …を（ある分量に）計り分ける, 計り取る((off, out))

measure out whisky for a cocktail
カクテルを作るためにウイスキーを量って注ぐ.

3 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈量・価値などを〉（ある基準に照らして）見積もる, 判定する((up))；〈人・物などを〉（比較によって）判断する, 評価する((up))；〈…を〉（…と）比べ［競い］合う, …の優劣を試す((against, with ...))

measure (up) the value of his contribution
彼の貢献度を判定する

measure one's strength with another('s)
他人と力比べをする

measure Bashō against Buson
芭蕉を蕪村と比較して評価する.

4 …の尺度となる；…を示す

Polls can measure the degree of popular support for a president.
世論調査をみれば大衆の大統領支持率がわかる.

5 〈計器が〉…を測定する

The thermometer measures changes of temperature.
温度計は気温の変化を測定する.

6 …を（…に）適応［適合］させる, つり合わせる((to ...))

measure one's spending to one's income
出費を収入につり合わせる.

7 〈人を〉じろじろ見る, 値ぶみするように［入念に］見る

He measured Mrs. Brown from top to bottom.
ブラウン夫人を頭のてっぺんからつま先までじろじろ見た.

8 ((古・詩))…を行く, 横断する.

━━(自)

1 測る, 測定する, 寸法を取る((up))

2 ［II[名]］測定すると（…）ある, （…の）長さ［高さ, 幅, 広さなど］がある

measure 30 feet across
幅［直径］が30フィートある.

3 ((ふつう副詞を伴って))測［計］れる, 測定できる

Rice measures more easily than flour.
米は小麦粉より計りやすい.

4 （…と）比較できる, 比肩する((with, against ...)).

measure up

(1) （一定の標準・期待などに）かなう, 達する((to ...))

measure up to a person's expectations
人の期待に添う.

(2) （…として）有能である, 資格がある((as ...))

He couldn't quite measure up as a professional ballplayer.
プロ野球選手としてはあまり優秀ではなかった.

(3) ⇒(自)1

━━(他)

［measure ... up/measure up ...］

⇒(他)1, 3

［中フランス語←ラテン語mensūra （mēnsus測定される＋-URE＝測定されること）］

-ur・er

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 measure up は何か: 1. to be good enough, or as good as someone or something else: 2. to be as good as something else….