shape up

名词 shape up:

1. a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired
   同义词：shape-up

动词 shape up:

1. develop in a positive way
   同义词：progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along

1. He will shape up into an excellent basketball player.
   他会成长为一个优秀的蓝球运动员。
2. 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。
3. 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。