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
- 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。 - They decided to sit down and straighten out their differences.
他们决定坐下来谈判,解决彼此之间的分歧。 - He did not know how to straighten out this mess.
他不知道如何收拾这个烂摊子。 - 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。 - His business affairs are in a terrible mess; they'll take ages to straighten out.
他的生意搞得一塌糊涂,因而他们要花很长时间才能整顿好。 - We can straighten out the matter there.
我们可以在那里把事情澄清。 - 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。 - 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。 - Let's straighten out their strained relations.
咱们把他们之间的紧张关系和解了吧。 - We're still trying to straighten out some of these problems.
我们仍在尽力澄清一些问题。