stack up

英 [stæk ʌp]

美 [stæk ʌp]

将…码放整齐; 比较; 比高低; 争胜负; 站得住脚; 符合预期

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 与…相比较
If you ask how one person or thingstacks up againstother people or things, you are asking how the one compares with the others.
1. The British will be out to see how they stack up to the competition...
  英国人将全力以赴，一较高低。
2. How does this final presidential debate stack up and compare to the others, do you think?
  你认为这最后一次总统竞选辩论和其他几次相比怎么样？
PHRASAL VERB 站得住脚;符合预期
If facts or figures do notstack up, they do not make sense or give the results you expect.
1. There have been a number of explanations, but none of them stack up.
  已经提出了好几种解释，但没有一种能站得住脚。
→ see:stack 2

verb

arrange into piles or stacks
1. She piled up her books in my living room
Synonym:pile upheap up