2015全英羽毛球公开赛一场引人关注的男单半决赛中，全英赛五冠得主林丹以0∶2的悬殊比分不敌头号种子谌龙无缘决赛。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Top seed Chen Long finally got the measure of Olympic champion Lin Dan, beating his Chinese compatriot 21-12, 21-13 to reach the All-England Open men’s final in Birmingham.

    Lin and Chen’s meeting was their first on the Superseries circuit since Lin won a world championship encounter in 2013.

    Chen set up a final with Denmark’s Jan Jorgensen, who eased past Sho Sasaki of Japan 21-11, 21-12 to ensure the men’s seedings went to form.

    报道中的get the measure of就是“摸清底细”，相当于weigh up或者evaluate。例如：

    The government failed to get the measure of the crisis.

    政府没能意识到这次危机的严重程度。