straighten out
英 [ˈstreɪtn aʊt]
美 [ˈstreɪtn aʊt]
(使)变直; (使)变正; 理清,整顿(混乱的局面)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 理清,整顿(混乱的局面)
If youstraighten outa confused situation, you succeed in getting it organized and tidied up.- He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things...
他将和他约个时间把几件事情理清楚。 - My sister had come in with her calm common sense and straightened them out.
我姐姐凭着自己的镇定和常识帮着把这些问题都解决了。
- He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things...
- → see:straighten 3
英英释义
verb
- change for the better
- The lazy student promised to reform
- the habitual cheater finally saw the light
- settle or put right
- we need to iron out our disagreements
- put (things or places) in order
- Tidy up your room!
- make free from confusion or ambiguity
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- make straight
- extricate from entanglement
- Can you disentangle the cord?
双语例句
- You think that'll straighten out your frizzled hair?
你认为那样会弄直你的卷发? - But Mr Chen refused, saying he was in so much pain that he was unable to straighten out his legs.
但是陈先生拒绝了,称他太痛苦了,根本无法伸直自己的脚。 - First of all, we should straighten out their thinking.
首先,思想上要弄通。 - Mr Smith, we would like to have you help straighten out the trouble concerning the breakage of the packages.
史密斯先生,我们想请您帮忙解决一下有关包装破损的问题。 - 1: Mark spent a whole morning trying to straighten out the fifty dollar mistake.
这段话说:Mark花了整个上午试图更正五十美元的电费账目错误,但是经过整整四小时的努力还没有眉目。他实在不耐烦了,最后决定不如干脆付款算了。 - We're still trying to straighten out some of these problems.
我们仍在尽力澄清一些问题。 - In order to straighten out this strange matter, we must meet them straightaway.
为了把这件奇怪的事情弄清楚,我们得马上见他们。 - Let me straighten out your shirt-it's all in a bunch at the back.
北让我把你的衬衫拉拉直,它背后都皱成一团了。 - We have inherited a very confused situation, which we are now trying to straighten out.
我们接过来一个乱摊子,现在我们正在设法清理。 - It will take some years to straighten out the relations between the various economic sectors.
要理顺各种经济关系需要几年时间。