straighten out

1. PHRASAL VERB 理清，整顿(混乱的局面)
   If you straighten out a 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。
2. → see: straighten 3

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。
3. 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。
4. He did not know how to straighten out this mess.
   他不知道如何收拾这个烂摊子。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Were you able to straighten out the insurance glitch?
   保险的事你搞定了吗？
8. I turned around the world, only to straighten out your reflection.
   我颠覆全世界，只为摆正你的倒影。
9. 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。
10. You should straighten out your confused thinking.
    你应该理顺你的混乱思维。
11. 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。
12. Straighten out the material before cutting it.
    在切割前先将材料弄直。
13. He spent years trying to straighten out his drug-addict brother.
    他用了一年多的时间努力使他哥哥戒掉毒瘾。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. Let's straighten out their strained relations.
    咱们把他们之间的紧张关系和解了吧。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. I had to straighten out her boss a little bit.
    我只好去给她老板一点教训。
22. You think that'll straighten out your frizzled hair?
    你认为那样会弄直你的卷发？
23. We're still trying to straighten out some of these problems.
    我们仍在尽力澄清一些问题。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. We can straighten out the matter there.
    我们可以在那里把事情澄清。
27. 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。
28. Can you straighten out the dent in the bumper?
    你能将保险杠上的凹处修理好吗？
29. First of all, we should straighten out their thinking.
    首先，思想上要弄通。
30. 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。

verb

1. change for the better
   1. The lazy student promised to reform
   2. the habitual cheater finally saw the light

   Synonym:    reformsee the light

2. settle or put right
   1. we need to iron out our disagreements

   Synonym:    iron output right

3. put (things or places) in order
   1. Tidy up your room!

   Synonym:    tidytidy upclean upneatenstraightensquare away

4. 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

5. make straight

   Synonym:    straighten

6. extricate from entanglement
   1. Can you disentangle the cord?

   Synonym:    disentangleunsnarl