square up

清帐； 清算； 准备好打架

The scientists estimate the lake covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1, 500 feet deep.(科学家估计，这个湖有80平方英里大，1500英尺深。)

Take care to square up accurately the boards to form the front, back, and sides.(注意要准确地调整正面，背面和侧面的板。)

He kept blinking and pushing those square-shaped glasses up his nose, you know, they were constantly sliding down.(他不断眨眼并把他那方形的眼睛推到鼻子上，你知道，眼睛不停地往下滑。)

We have to square up to the problem.(我们得正视这个问题。)

Give me a minute to square up, and I'll meet you outside the hotel.(请稍等我一会儿，我先把账结了，然后在旅馆外见。)

You 'll have to square up to your problems.(你必须正视你的问题。)

It took up hundreds of square feet of space and contained between five and twenty computers.(实验室面积数百平方英尺，包含5-20台计算机。)

Square shoulders: the shoulders should square up to the fall line.(平肩：肩膀要保持对滚落线平直。)

I'll square up . You go first and wait for me at the gate.(我付款，你们先走一步，在大门口等我。)

He's about to stand up when WHAM! A shovel slams him square in the face.(就在他准备站起身来时，砰！一把铁铲迎面结实地击中了他的脸。)

verb

1. make square

e.g. Square the circle
square the wood with a file

Synonym: square

2. settle conclusively
come to terms

e.g. We finally settled the argument

Synonym: settlesquare offdetermine

3. even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

Synonym: jogeven up

1. 勇敢面对(问题、人或形势)
If you square up to a problem, person, or situation, you accept that you have to deal with them and take action to do so.

e.g. The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.
世界上最负盛名的保险公司昨晚作出回应，要和那些指责其腐败泛滥的议员们较量一番。
e.g. ...a woman facing serious responsibility, squaring up to the deepest crisis she has yet had to face.
这个女人面对着重大的责任，勇敢地应对她所遇到的这场最严重的危机