clean up

英 [ˈkliːn ʌp]

美 [ˈkliːn ʌp]

打扫; 清扫; 把…弄干净; 清理，清除（污染物）; （警方或当局）肃清，整肃（犯罪、腐败等）; （尤指在干脏活儿后）收拾干净，弄整洁; 获得巨额利润; 赚大钱

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 打扫;清扫;把…弄干净
  If youclean upa mess orclean upa place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
  1. Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation...
     该市警察一直在清理一天的暴力冲突后留下的碎石残砖。
  2. Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.
     吃过晚饭，尼娜和玛丽在厨房里收拾。
• PHRASAL VERB 清理，清除(污染物)
  Toclean upsomething such as the environment or an industrial process means to make it free from substances or processes that cause pollution.
  1. Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
     迫于公众压力，许多地区政府对各自海滩进行了清理。
• PHRASAL VERB (警方或当局)肃清，整肃(犯罪、腐败等)
  If the police or authoritiesclean upa place or area of activity, they make it free from crime, corruption, and other unacceptable forms of behaviour.
  1. After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up...
     多年的玩忽职守和经济萧条过后，这个城市在进行自我整顿。
  2. Since then, the authorities have tried to clean up the sport.
     从那以后，有关当局已努力整顿体育界。
• PHRASAL VERB （尤指在干脏活后）收拾干净，弄整洁
  If you go andclean up, you make yourself clean and tidy, especially after doing something that has made you dirty.
  1. Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up...
     约翰尼，进去把自己收拾干净。
  2. I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
     我拾掇了一下自己，把宝宝也收拾妥当。
• PHRASAL VERB 获得巨额利润;赚大钱
  If someonecleans up, they make a large profit or get a lot of money.
  1. It has cleaned up at the box office.
     它在票房上赚得盆满砵满。

英英释义

verb

• make oneself clean, presentable or neat
  1. Clean up before you go to the party
• put (things or places) in order
  1. Tidy up your room!
  Synonym:tidytidy upneatenstraightenstraighten outsquare away
• dispose of
  1. settle the bills
• make a big profit
  1. The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up

双语例句

• Thousands of volunteers gave up part of their weekend to clean up the California coastline.
  几千名志愿者放弃周末的部分休息时间，来清理加利福尼亚州的海岸。
• Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation
  该市警察一直在清理一天的暴力冲突后留下的碎石残砖。
• The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image
  市长概述了他整顿市容的计划。
• Since then, the authorities have tried to clean up the sport.
  从那以后，有关当局已努力整顿体育界。
• Their attempts to clean up politics and smash the power of party machines failed.
  他们力图重整政坛、摧毁现有的政党机器，却以失败收场。
• Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
  迫于公众压力，许多地区政府对各自海滩进行了清理。
• Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession
  行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。
• They clean up old debts.
  他们结清了旧债。
• Japan suffered a decade-long near-depression because of its failure to clean up the banks.
  日本挨了整整10年近乎萧条的苦日子，原因正是没能清理好银行坏账。
• It has cleaned up at the box office.
  它在票房上赚得盆满砵满。