make the grade

基本解释

If you are determined to make the grade in the entrance examination, you must work extra hard.
如果你决心要在入学考试中成功，你必须加倍努力学习。
If Brazil does make the grade, it will be because it has managed to spread such innovative practices everywhere.
假如巴西确实达到标准，会是因为巴西一直设法将这些革新的作法传遍全国各地。
And many of those who do make the grade in maths and English are not up to scratch.
很多5科都得到了较好的级别的学生，他们的数学和英语都没有达到标准。

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If the student hasn't mastered the basic concept, we will make sure that the grade scheme gives a failing grade.
如果学生没有掌握基本的概念，我们会确保,成绩将会不及格。
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They want to make the tests for the... they get into another grade, a little harder.
他们想通过考试……让孩子们升入下一个年级，并提升一点考试难度。
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Government monopoly on schools beholden to union interests have failed to make the grade.
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