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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• → see:straighten 3

英英释义

verb

• change for the better
  1. The lazy student promised to reform
  2. the habitual cheater finally saw the light
  Synonym:reformsee the light
• settle or put right
  1. we need to iron out our disagreements
  Synonym:iron output right
• put (things or places) in order
  1. Tidy up your room!
  Synonym:tidytidy upclean upneatenstraightensquare away
• make free from confusion or ambiguity
  1. Could you clarify these remarks?
  2. Clear up the question of who is at fault
  Synonym:clearclear upshed light oncrystallizecrystallisecrystalizecrystalisesort outenlightenilluminateelucidate
• make straight
  Synonym:straighten
• extricate from entanglement
  1. Can you disentangle the cord?
  Synonym:disentangleunsnarl

双语例句

• Can you straighten out the dent in the bumper?
  你能将保险杠上的凹处修理好吗？
• We must straighten out our accounts and see how much we owe each other.
  我们必须把我们的帐目清理一下，看谁欠谁多少。
• That toe never did straighten out and Father talked of it often.
  那只脚趾再也没变直过来，父亲经常念叨着这件事。
• He got it all screwed up, it will take a week to straighten out the mess.
  他把事情全搞坏了，要花一星期时间才能把这一团糟的局面整理出头绪来。
• Straighten out the material before cutting it.
  在切割前先将材料弄直。
• 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。
• 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're still trying to straighten out some of these problems.
  我们仍在尽力澄清一些问题。
• 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。
• We can straighten out the matter there.
  我们可以在那里把事情澄清。