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[英] [ˈstreɪtn] [美] [ˈstretn] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vi.

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1. VERB 把…整理好;使端正 If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. 

  • 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

2. 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. 

  • The three men straightened and stood waiting.

    3 个男人挺直身体，站着等候。

  • Straighten up means the same as straighten .straighten up 同 straighten

    • He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets.

      他挺直身子，把手插进口袋里。

3. V-ERG (使)变直;(使)变正 If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. 

  • 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。

  • Straighten out means the same as straighten .straighten out 同 straighten

    • No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church...

      谁都无法将埃姆平汉教堂疙瘩嶙峋的尖顶弄直。

    • The road twisted its way up the mountain then straightened out for the last two hundred yards.

      路弯弯曲曲地环山而上，在最后的 200 码变得平直。

相关词组：
straighten out  straighten up 
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"

体育

  • 1.伸展
  • 2.展体
  • 3.伸直
  • 4.蹬直
1. 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。

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2. 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？

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3. He's trying to straighten out his finances.
他正试图理清他的财务。

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4. I was left to straighten out the mess.
只留下我来收拾这个烂摊子。

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5. 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。

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6. Straighten the rivets, please.
请把那铆钉铆直。

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7. The bent strip can straighten up by itself.
这弯曲的金属片自己可以变直。

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8. 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。

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9. 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。

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