| 单词 | clear up |
| 释义 | clear up 1. phrasal verb B2 When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away. After breakfast they played while I cleared up. [VERB PARTICLE] I cleared up my room. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 To clear up a problem, misunderstanding, or mystery means to settle it or find a satisfactory explanation for it. There should be someone to whom you can turn for any advice or to clear up any problems. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] 3. See also clear-up 4. phrasal verb B2 To clear up a medical problem, infection, or disease means to cure it or get rid of it. If a medical problem clears up, it goes away. Antibiotics should be used to clear up the infection. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Acne often clears up after the first three months of pregnancy. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for clear When the weather clears up, it stops raining or being cloudy. It all depends on the weather clearing up. [VERB PARTICLE] clear-up adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The clear-up rate for a crime or in an area is the percentage of criminals caught by the police, compared to the total number of crimes reported. [British] The clear-up rate for murders remains high. The Metropolitan Police say clear-up figures were improved. Translations: Chinese: 整理 Japanese: 片付ける |
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