1、calm down
(使)平靜下來;(使)鎮(zhèn)定下來
Calm down for a minute and listen to me.
你安靜一會兒,聽我說。
I'll try a herbal remedy to calm him down.
我來用草藥試試,看能不能讓他鎮(zhèn)靜下來。
(使)平定;平息
We will go back to normal when things calm down.
事態(tài)平息之后,我們將一切如常。
Neil Howorth, director of the academy, tried to calm things down.
研究院主任尼爾·豪沃思力圖平息事態(tài)。
2、clean up
打掃;清掃;把…弄干凈
Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation.
該市警察一直在清理一天的暴力沖突后留下的碎石殘磚。
Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.
吃過晚飯,尼娜和瑪麗在廚房里收拾。
(警方或當局)肅清,整肅(犯罪、腐敗等)
After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up.
多年的玩忽職守和經(jīng)濟蕭條過后,這個城市在進行自我整頓。
Since then, the authorities have tried to clean up the sport.
從那以后,有關當局已努力整頓體育界。
(尤指在干臟活后)收拾干凈,弄整潔
Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up.
約翰尼,進去把自己收拾干凈。
I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
我拾掇了一下自己,把寶寶也收拾妥當。