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

• 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。
• Can you straighten out the dent in the bumper?
  你能将保险杠上的凹处修理好吗？
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Straighten out the price, city managers should represent citizens to and gas mining and transportation company negotiations.
  理顺价格，城市的管理者应该代表市民去和燃气的开采和运输公司谈判。
• 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。
• I've made up my mind to straighten out a very complicated subject.
  我已经下决心把一个非常复杂的题目搞清楚。
• Were you able to straighten out the insurance glitch?
  保险的事你搞定了吗？