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洗刷打掃，把屋子收拾干凈，英文該怎么說？

1. tidy/tidy up: to make a room, desk, or drawer tidy

例：

If you're not going to watch the football, you can tidy your room. （你不去看球賽的話，就留下收拾房間吧。）

I haven't had time to tidy up yet. （我這會(huì)兒還沒時(shí)間做衛(wèi)生。）

I want this whole place tidied before I get back, OK? （我回來前，你把這兒都收拾好，可以嗎？）

tidy up something

You can start tidying up that mess you've made now. （你制造的混亂，你現(xiàn)在可以開始收拾了。）

She hung about after work, tidying up her desk. （她下班后留下來，把自己的桌子收拾了一下。）

tidy something up

Will you help me tidy the kitchen up a bit? （你能不能幫我把廚房稍微收拾一下？）

tidy something away (=put something in the place where you usually keep it)

Come on, let's have these toys tidied away now. （來，我們一起把這些玩具收起來。）

tidy up after somebody (=to have to clean a room and put things away after someone has been in there)

Both my sons think mothers are just here to tidy up after them. （我的兩個(gè)兒子都覺得媽媽天生就要跟在孩子們屁股后面幫他們收拾衛(wèi)生。）

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2. straighten/straighten up: to make a place tidy and clean, by putting things in the right place or arranging them neatly

備注：''straighten/straighten up''常用于美式英語中。

例：

Mom told me to straighten my room. （媽媽叫我把自己的房間收拾一下。）

Make the bed and straighten up there. （你整理一下床鋪。）

straighten something up

The city's janitors went on strike, leaving thousands of workers to straighten their own offices up and empty their own trash. （全市的清潔工大罷工，數(shù)以千計(jì)的辦公室職員只好自己收拾辦公室，自己倒垃圾。）

straighten up something

After the kids have left for school, I straighten up the house. （孩子們?nèi)ド蠈W(xué)后，我把房子收拾了一下。）

You're not leaving till you get your room straightened up. （你把房間收拾好才能走。）

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3. get something straight: to tidy a place and put everything where it should be

備注：''get something straight''常用于英式英語中的非正式場(chǎng)合。

例：

I like to get the house straight while the kids are at the youth club. （我喜歡在孩子們都去青年俱樂部時(shí)收拾屋子。）

One of these days I'll get this garage straight. （我遲早要把車庫收拾一下。）

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4. clean up: to make a place tidy and clean, by putting things away and removing dust or dirt

例：

Do you want me to help clean up? （要我?guī)兔Υ驋邌?？?/span>

clean something up

Thanks for cleaning the place up - I really appreciate it. （謝謝你做衛(wèi)生，我真的很感激。）

It took us two or three days to clean it all up. （我們花了2~3天時(shí)間才把這兒全部收拾干凈。）

clean up something

Every time Tom cooked for me, he would carefully clean up all the pans and plates he'd used. （湯姆每次幫我煮完飯，都會(huì)把用過的鍋碗瓢盆仔細(xì)收拾好。）

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5. clear up: to get rid of all the things that are making a place dirty or untidy

備注：''clear up''常用于英式英語中。

例：

Who's going to clear up after the party? （派對(duì)結(jié)束后，誰來收拾現(xiàn)場(chǎng)？）

clear something up

It'll take ages to clear this up. （這兒得收拾好久好久。）

It looked as if Marie had already cleared the place up. （好像瑪麗已經(jīng)把這里收拾好了。）

clear up something

Someone's got to clear up this mess! （誰來收拾一下這堆臟東西！）

Wait for me; I just need to clear up my desk. （等我一下，我把桌子整理一下，馬上就好。）

clear up after somebody (=tidy a place after someone else has made it untidy)

I spend my life clearing up after the children. （我所有時(shí)間都花在跟在孩子們屁股后面收拾。）

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6. pick up: to put things away neatly in order to make a place tidy

例：

pick up something

Could you pick up the newspapers and magazines for me? （能幫我把這些報(bào)紙雜志收拾一下嗎？）

pick something up

Help me pick these things up. We have company coming. （幫我把這些東西收拾一下，我們有客人要來。）

注："company"在這句中的意思同"guest"。

pick up after somebody (=put away things that someone else has used)（常用于美式英語中）

I feel like I spend all my time picking up after the kids. （我覺得我盡跟在孩子們屁股后面收拾了。）

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7. sort out: to organize something that is mixed up or untidy

備注：''sort out''常用于英式英語中。

例：

sort something out

I'm going to sit down quietly and sort my CDs out. （我要安安靜靜地坐著把CD整理一下。）

sort out something

I need to sort out the food cupboard, and make a shopping list. （我要把食品柜整理一下，列一張購物清單。）