stack up

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stack up

to keep increasing in quantity until there is a large pile, a long line, etc.积聚成一大堆（或一长排等）
- Cars quickly stacked up behind the bus.公共汽车后面的汽车很快排成了长龙。
- During the strike, refuse has been stacking up in the streets.罢工期间，街道上垃圾堆积如山。
(used especially in questions or in negatives尤用于疑问句或否定句) to compare with somebody/something else; to be as good as somebody/something else（与其他人或事物）相比；比得上 synonym measure up (to something/somebody)
- Let's try him in the job and see how he stacks up.咱们让他干这活儿试试，看看他比别人干得怎么样。
- stack up against somebody/something A mobile home simply doesn't stack up against a traditional house.活动房屋怎么也比不上传统的房屋。
(used especially in negatives尤用于否定句) to seem reasonable; to make sense看来合理；讲得通；合乎情理
- That can't be right. It just doesn't stack up.那不可能是对的，简直不合情理。