clean up

英 [ˈkliːn ʌp]

美 [ˈkliːn ʌp]

打扫; 清扫; 把…弄干净; 清理，清除（污染物）; （警方或当局）肃清，整肃（犯罪、腐败等）; （尤指在干脏活儿后）收拾干净，弄整洁; 获得巨额利润; 赚大钱

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 打扫;清扫;把…弄干净
  If youclean upa mess orclean upa place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
  1. Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation...
     该市警察一直在清理一天的暴力冲突后留下的碎石残砖。
  2. Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.
     吃过晚饭，尼娜和玛丽在厨房里收拾。
• PHRASAL VERB 清理，清除(污染物)
  Toclean upsomething such as the environment or an industrial process means to make it free from substances or processes that cause pollution.
  1. Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
     迫于公众压力，许多地区政府对各自海滩进行了清理。
• PHRASAL VERB (警方或当局)肃清，整肃(犯罪、腐败等)
  If the police or authoritiesclean upa place or area of activity, they make it free from crime, corruption, and other unacceptable forms of behaviour.
  1. After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up...
     多年的玩忽职守和经济萧条过后，这个城市在进行自我整顿。
  2. Since then, the authorities have tried to clean up the sport.
     从那以后，有关当局已努力整顿体育界。
• PHRASAL VERB （尤指在干脏活后）收拾干净，弄整洁
  If you go andclean up, you make yourself clean and tidy, especially after doing something that has made you dirty.
  1. Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up...
     约翰尼，进去把自己收拾干净。
  2. I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
     我拾掇了一下自己，把宝宝也收拾妥当。
• PHRASAL VERB 获得巨额利润;赚大钱
  If someonecleans up, they make a large profit or get a lot of money.
  1. It has cleaned up at the box office.
     它在票房上赚得盆满砵满。

英英释义

verb

• make oneself clean, presentable or neat
  1. Clean up before you go to the party
• put (things or places) in order
  1. Tidy up your room!
  Synonym:tidytidy upneatenstraightenstraighten outsquare away
• dispose of
  1. settle the bills
• make a big profit
  1. The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up

双语例句

• I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
  我拾掇了一下自己，把宝宝也收拾妥当。
• Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession
  行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。
• They left a company behind to clean up the last enemy positions.
  他们留下一个连来清除敌人最后的几处阵地。
• And while I'm out you might clean up the kitchen
  我不在的时候，你打扫一下厨房总该可以吧。
• Let me clean up the broken glass before someone walks on it.
  我来把碎玻璃扫掉，以免有人踩上。
• The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.
  该国的广告商需要规范自己的行为。
• Thousands of volunteers gave up part of their weekend to clean up the California coastline.
  几千名志愿者放弃周末的部分休息时间，来清理加利福尼亚州的海岸。
• Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
  专家们正想方设法清除这片面积巨大的浮油。
• Wait for me. I have to clean up.
  等等我，我必须洗洗手。
• They clean up pending cases.
  他们处理完了悬而未决的案件。