分类：教育/科学-外语学习
问题：Thisyear,inthiselection,wearecal? 
This year,in this electn,we are called to reaffirm our values and commitments,to hold them against a hard reality and /see how we are measuring up,to the legacy of our forbearers,and the promise of future generations/.//处see how we are measuring up如何理解？measuring up,to the leThis year,in this electn,we are called to reaffirm our values and commitments,to hold them against a hard reality and /see how we are measuring up,to the legacy of our forbearers,and the promise of future generations/.//处see how we are measuring up如何理解？measuring up,to the legacy……中的,是否可以省略，直接连接起来用？出自《The audacity of hope》from Barack obama
回答：不可省略",",因为如果省略了则为see how we are measurig up to the legacy....,则错误,个人认为如果how we are measuring up ourselves to the legacy of our forearers...勉强从语法上说得通,但与奥巴马表达原意不符,应该为to hold our values and commitments against a hard reality and see how we are measuring(省略了them--指values and commitments) up 短语 短语measure ...up to ...指...达到...的标准,显然measuring up的宾语应为values and commitments而不是legacy 和promise,变换一下句式就容易多了---we are called to reaffirm our values and commitments and see how we are measuring up(our values and commitments) to the legacy of our forbearers...知道如何肩负我们的价值和责任并使其不辜负先人的遗产及对子孙的承诺.