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词汇 clear-up
释义

clear (something) up


phrasal verb with clearverbuk /klɪər/ us /klɪr/

(TIDY)


B2mainly UK
to make a place tidy by removing things from it or putting them where they should be: 清除;清理;整理
Dad was clearing up in the kitchen.爸爸正在收拾厨房。
clear up afterI'm tired of always having to clear up after you (= tidy your things).我厌烦了老是要替你整理东西。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning & tidying places & things
adjust
airing
bed
bioremediation
clean something out
dusting
freshen (someone/something) up
going-over
Hoover
hoover something up
muck
sandblast
smarten (someone/something) up
spiff someone/something up
spit
spit and polishidiom
spring-clean
spruce
tidy
valet

(ILLNESS)


If an illness clears up, or if medicine clears an illness up, the illness goes away: (疾病)消失,治愈
You won't be able to go swimming tomorrow if your cold hasn't cleared up.如果感冒还不好,明天你就不能去游泳了。
These pills should clear your rash up.这些药会让你的疹子消掉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Recovering from illness
back on your feetidiom
bed rest
colour
convalescence
convalescent
curability
curable
curably
cure for something
foot
recovery
recuperate
recuperation
regress
regression
regressive
rehabilitate
rehabilitation
respond
sleep

clear something up


phrasal verb with clearverbuk /klɪər/ us /klɪr/
B2
to give or find an explanation for something, or to deal with a problem or argument: 把…解释清楚;搞清楚;弄明白;解决
clear up a mysteryThey never cleared up the mystery of the missing money.他们一直没搞清楚钱是怎么不翼而飞的。
After 20 years the case has finally been cleared up.20年后,这个案子终于真相大白。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Solving and solutions
band-aid solution
be at the bottom of somethingidiom
bottom
break the deadlock
clue
conquer
figure
fix
heuristics
holding operation
insolvable
iron
iron something out
irresolvable
resolution
solve
spackle
surmountable
talk something out
uncracked

clear up


phrasal verb with clearverbuk /klɪər/ us /klɪr/
informal
B2
If the weather clears up, the cloud and rain disappear: (天气)转晴,放晴
I hope it clears up in time for the picnic.我希望到野餐时天气会放晴。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things better
add salt to somethingidiom
allay
alleviate
alleviation
ameliorate
cultivate
liven (something) up
lubricate
make a differenceidiom
make a world of differenceidiom
make someone/something over
remedial
restructure
revamp
revitalize
revivify
revolutionize
salve
sharpen
tonic
clear-up
noun[ Cusually singular ]
mainly UKuk /ˈklɪər.ʌp/ us /ˈklɪr.ʌp/
an occasion when you tidy a place by getting rid of things that you do not want: 清理(清除某地不用之物使之整洁)
big clear-upWe need to have a big clear-up.我们需要来一次大清理。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning & tidying places & things
adjust
airing
bed
bioremediation
clean something out
dusting
freshen (someone/something) up
going-over
Hoover
hoover something up
muck
sandblast
smarten (someone/something) up
spiff someone/something up
spit
spit and polishidiom
spring-clean
spruce
tidy
valet

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Removing and getting rid of things

clear up | American Dictionary


clear up


phrasal verb with clearverbus/klɪr/

(GET BETTER)


(of an illness or bad weather) to go away, changing into a better condition:
If my cold doesn’t clear up, it will ruin my vacation.
Let’s hope the weather clears up.

clear up something


phrasal verb with clearverbus/klɪr/

(REMOVE DOUBT)


to remove doubts, confusion, or wrong ideas:
I want to clear up any misconceptions you might still have.

Examples of clear (something) up


clear (something) up
In other areas land with a legacy of dereliction may be appropriately mined as opencast as a prelude to clear-up and restoration.
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These cover the clear-up procedures that take place after each exercise, including the requirement for the disposal of unused or unexploded munitions.
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This explains why the clear-up rate for burglary is so low.
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I am pointing out to him that the clear-up rate has risen, and that the incidence of crime has fallen.
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Although the public are pleased about the improvement in the clear-up rate for burglary, that has not eroded their fear of crime.
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Does he agree that the prison system survives on the low clear-up rate and that a high one would be disastrous?
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He has criticised their sickness rates, wastage rates and clear-up rates, and has generally presented the police force as a bunch of lazy, ill layabouts.
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Furthermore, as we all know, the graffiti would re-appear within days and the expense of the clear-up would be money down the drain.
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The focus instead has been on performance indicators such as response times, clear-up rates and devolved budgeting.
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It remains the undoubted fact that if the conviction rate or the clear-up rate rises, crime falls, and vice versa.
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Our goal must be prevention, so as not to have to deal with the major clear-up after a disaster at all.
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Crime is increasing and the clear-up rate for theft remains low.
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The corresponding clear-up rates for 1978–82 are given in the following table.
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It is misleading to consider a broad total without taking into account the clear-up rate, for example, of auto crime.
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Crime prevention, public safety, traffic efficiency, and so on are not covered by the test of clear-up rates.
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