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

• Were you able to straighten out the insurance glitch?
  保险的事你搞定了吗？
• 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're still trying to straighten out some of these problems.
  我们仍在尽力澄清一些问题。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Can you straighten out the dent in the bumper?
  你能将保险杠上的凹处修理好吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• In this round of reform, we must further straighten out the relationship between the central and local governments.
  这次改革，要进一步处理好中央和地方的关系。