raise the bar

基本解释

Adding new features does not necessarily raise the bar for entry.
增加新功能并不一定需要提高入门的门槛。
One thing is for sure. Chrome is expected to achieve what Bak set out to do: raise the bar for the whole industry.
有一件事是肯定的，Chrome预计将按照贝克所规划的那样取得成功：提升整个产业的技术水平。
Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesnt just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.
有些人的确更上一层楼。他们，创造了一个全新的衡量准侧。

"We wanted to raise the bar a bit and right from the way in which we recruited the communications staff, to my own commitment to French, we've tried to build a communications team that is fluently bilingual.

Scott McClellan, Mr Bush's press secretary, repeats banalities while trying to raise the bar for wrongdoing.
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With venture capitalists forced to raise the bar, Brophy insists that entrepreneurs must follow suit.
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And your sisters are waiting for you to raise the bar for all of us.
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