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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• It will take some years to straighten out the relations between the various economic sectors.
  要理顺各种经济关系需要几年时间。
• First of all, we should straighten out their thinking.
  首先，思想上要弄通。
• 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。
• 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。
• We're still trying to straighten out some of these problems.
  我们仍在尽力澄清一些问题。
• 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。