clean up

phrasal verb
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clean up
  1. (informal) to win or make a lot of money赢钱;赚大钱;发财
    • This film should clean up at the box offices.这部电影在票房收入上应该能赚大钱。🔊🔊
clean (yourself) up
  1. (informal) to make yourself clean, usually by washing把(身体)洗干净
    • I need to change and clean up.我需要换洗一下。🔊🔊
    • Go and clean yourself up.去梳洗干净吧。🔊🔊
    • You'd better get cleaned up.你最好去梳洗一下。🔊🔊
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clean up | clean something up
 
  1. to remove dirt, etc. from somewhere打扫(或清除)干净
    • He always expected other people to clean up after him (= when he had made the place dirty or untidy).他总是指望别人来打扫他弄脏了的地方。🔊🔊
    • Who's going to clean up this mess?这么又脏又乱的,谁来清理?🔊🔊
    • to clean up beaches after an oil spillage清理石油泄漏后被污染的海滩
    • a commitment to clean up the environment致力于清洁环境
    • It took me the rest of the day to clean (the place) up.我花了整整一天的时间清理(清理)该地方。
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clean something up
  1. to remove crime and immoral behaviour from a place or an activity打扫(或清除)干净
    • The new mayor is determined to clean up the city.新上任的市长决心要整治好这座城市。
    • Soccer needs to clean up its image.足球界的形象需要改善。
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