1. clean up
(1) 收拾干凈
eg. Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation.
城里的警察一直在收拾一天的暴力沖突留下的殘骸。
(2) 治理(污染)
eg. Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
迫于公眾的壓力,許多地區政府治理了海灘污染。
(3) 整治(犯罪、腐敗和其他不良行為)
eg. After years of neglect and decline, the city was cleaning itself up.
在多年的荒廢和衰退之后,該城市在進行自我整治。
(4) 使(自己)整潔
eg. Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up.
約翰尼,進去把自己收拾收拾。
2. work out: 實現;產生預期的結果
(1) 找到(解決辦法等)
eg. Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.
談判者們預定在今天晚些時候會面以找到一個折中的辦法。
(2) 計算
eg. It is proving hard to work out the value of bankrupt companies' assets.
經證明,計算破產公司的資產較難。
(3) 總計為
eg. The price per pound works out at $3.20.
每磅的價格總計為$3.20。
(4) 進展順利
eg. Things just didn't work out as planned.
事情沒有像計劃的那樣進展順利。
(5) 有滿意的結果
eg. People involved in it think it's a nightmare, but I'm sure it will work itself out.
參與其中的人們認為它是一場噩夢,但我確信它會有滿意的結果。
(6) 鍛煉
eg. Work out at a gym or swim twice a week.
每周兩次在健身房鍛煉或游泳。
3. ticker tape: (歡迎、慶祝時從樓窗拋下的)彩色紙帶 ticker: 自動收報機