| 词汇 | underachieving |
| 释义 | underachieving present participle ofunderachieve 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 beam blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom Examples of underachievingunderachieving In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We are told that standards are not high enough, teaching is not good enough, and pupils are underachieving. However, there is a danger of adding to the list of underachieving national strategies. The underachieving male student is a well-known phenomenon. Extending on this, the present study suggests that educationally underachieving young males are also more likely to father a child than their higher achieving male peers. 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 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 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 Apart from anything else, it would be a great boost to underachieving boys to see their dads learning alongside them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proportion of underachieving pupils was approximately halved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does she agree that it is a priority for education policy to examine why boys seem to be underachieving so badly in school? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The non-routine admission pupils from that transient population often have special educational needs and behavioural difficulties, and 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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