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

• 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。
• 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。
• He did not know how to straighten out this mess.
  他不知道如何收拾这个烂摊子。
• We can straighten out the matter there.
  我们可以在那里把事情澄清。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。