| 词汇 | underachieve |
| 释义 | underachieve verb[ I ] uk /ˌʌn.də.rəˈtʃiːv/ us /ˌʌn.dɚ.əˈtʃiːv/ to do less well than you could or should: 未能充分发挥水平；未展现实力 Like a lot of boys his age, he's underachieving.跟许多同龄的男孩子一样，他没有发挥出他的潜能。 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom underachieve | Business Englishunderachieve verb[ I ] uk /ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːv/us to do less well than you could or should: What are the schools doing to make these children underachieve? Students in these six states are underachieving significantly compared to the national average. Examples of underachieveunderachieve Many children in low income countries underachieve and never realise their full potential. We are told that standards are not high enough, teaching is not good enough, and pupils are underachieving. It argues that members of involuntary minority groups tend to underachieve for fear of being sanctioned by their peers. Though the system underachieved in both financial management and development planning, participation - notably by elites - increased, and influenced the type and location of council projects. Nevertheless, we share the objective of tackling the problem of underachieving schools, and we are not opposed in principle to city academies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two other schools were judged to require special measures and one was found to be underachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That programme is designed to support academically able pupils and those with talents in sport and the arts, including those who may be underachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We condemn her for underachieving in school, but we should condemn ourselves for allowing her to live in such conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Targets are there to be hit, but, sometimes, underachieving does not mean that we are not making progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is too simple to say that schools are at fault if children underachieve, as there are clearly other factors involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That message has to be understood by those who underachieve at school and by those who teach them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is still the case that far too many young people and adults underachieve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet in all those markets we are seriously underachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Boys who have no contact with their fathers are more likely to underachieve at school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is worrying that many parts of our society are underachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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