straighten是什么意思？

straighten

英[ˈstreɪtn] 美[ˈstretn]

• vt.& vi. 变直，把…弄直，整理，整顿，使…改正，使…好转；
• vi. 变好起来；

第三人称单数：straightens;

过去式：straightened;

过去分词：straightened;

现在分词：straightening;

例句

• We employed a lawyer to straighten our legal tangle. 我们雇了一位律师把法律纠纷理出头绪。
• We’d better straighten up the house before they get back. 我们最好在他们回来之前把房子收拾好。
• He’s trying to straighten out his finances. 他正试图理清他的财务。
• attempts to straighten out the river 将河道改直的尝试
• If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she “took up” with him at all, to call her by her first name. 如果那女子露出点卖弄风情的品性，他就会上前去帮她理理领带,如果她‘吃’他那一套献殷勤的手段，他马上开始用小名称呼她了。
• He hasn't come round yet . Could you try and straighten him out? 他一时想不通, 你开导开导他好 吗 ?
• Straighten the rivets, please. 请把那铆钉铆直.
• As usual, she helped Minnie clear away the dishes and straighten up. 嘉莉像往常一样帮助敏妮洗了碗,收拾了房间.
• 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。
• 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.

同义词

• v.
  straighten的同义词之：改正,改过
  mend, new, oneself, straight, go, leaf, reform, one's, over, ways, turn, a,
  straighten的同义词之：整理,整顿
  up, neaten, pick, arrange, tidy, in, fix, trim, order, spruce, put, clean,
  straighten的同义词之：调整,矫正,弄直,解开
  unbend, unsnarl, right, square, rectify, uncurl, straight, adjust, correct, set,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  把…整理好;使端正
  If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position.
  例句
  She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. 她抿了口咖啡，然后把墙上的一幅画扶正。 ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines. 收拾、摆放靠垫和整理杂志
• VERB
  挺直，端正(身体)
  If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright.
  例句
  The three men straightened and stood waiting. 3 个男人挺直身体，站着等候。
• V-ERG
  (使)变直;(使)变正
  If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight.
  例句
  Straighten both legs until they are fully extended... 挺直双腿直至完全伸展开。 The road straightened and we were on a plateau. 路变直了，我们驶上了高原。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  ( 使) 变直
  After the bridge, the road straightens out. 过了桥之后，路就直了。 attempts to straighten out the river 将河道改直的尝试
  帮人(或自行)解决问题；(使某人)重回正轨
  A few sessions talking to a counsellor should straighten him out. 跟辅道员谈几次就会使他改正过来的。
  解决问题(或困难)；清理；整顿
  I was left to straighten out the mess. 只留下我来收拾这个烂摊子。 He’s trying to straighten out his finances. 他正试图理清他的财务。
  挺直身子； 站立起来
  She slowly straightened up and rubbed her back. 她慢慢站起来揉了揉背。
  整理；收拾整齐
  We’d better straighten up the house before they get back. 我们最好在他们回来之前把房子收拾好。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. straighten up or out; make straight
  2. make straight
  3. get up from a sitting or slouching position;
  "The students straightened when the teacher entered"
  4. put (things or places) in order;
  "Tidy up your room!"
  5. straighten by unrolling;
  "roll out the big map"
  6. make straight or straighter;
  "Straighten this post""straighten hair"

行业词典

• 体育： 伸展；展体；伸直；蹬直；