shape up

形成, 顺利发展

例句与用法：

He will shape up into an excellent basketball player.

他会成长为一个优秀的蓝球运动员。

The teacher said I should shape up or go joining the army.

老师说我必须振奋起来否则去从军。

The case for choice is appealing: by allowing parents to send their children to any school in any neighborhood, underachieving schools will be forced to shape up.

任意选择[学校]的主意很讨好：允许父母送子女到任何住宅区里的任何学校，可以逼迫成绩落后的学校改进。

词形变化：

形容词: shapable | 名词: shaper | 动词过去式: shaped | 动词过去分词: shaped | 动词现在分词: shaping | 动词第三人称单数: shapes |

详细释义：

1. 使形成

They've shaped up a program.

他们已拟定了一个方案。

2. 变得表现良好

Mark didn't shape up until he was thirty years old.

马克到三十岁时才振奋起来。

The teacher said I should shape up or go join the army.

老师说我必须振奋起来否则就去从军。

You'd better shape up, young man.

年轻人, 你最好是好自为之。