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单词 straight
音标
英[streɪt] 美[stret]
解释
adj.直的;连续的;直率的;整齐的;adv.直地;直接地;坦率地;立即;n.直线;直线部分;
例句

ADJ-GRADED
直的;笔直的
A straight line or edge continues in the same direction and does not bend or curve.
例:Keep the boat in a straight line...让船保持直线航行。
例:Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size...用直尺比照着,将布料裁剪成合适的尺寸。

ADJ-GRADED
(头发)直的,不卷曲的
Straight hair has no curls or waves in it.
例:Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun.格雷斯把一头长长的黑色直发盘成发髻。

ADV
笔直地;径直地
You use straight to indicate that the way from one place to another is very direct, with no changes of direction.
例:The ball fell straight to the feet of Klinsmann...球直接落到了克林斯曼的脚上。
例:He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me...他说完话站起来,直视着我。

ADV
立刻;马上
If you go straight to a place, you go there immediately.
例:As always, we went straight to the experts for advice...像往常一样,我们马上去找专家咨询。
例:We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.我们将去伯明翰参加会议,然后马上回来。

ADJ-GRADED
直截了当的;直率的;坦诚的
If you give someone a straight answer, you answer them clearly and honestly.
例:What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.他真是个狡诈的辩论家,总是拒绝给出直截了当的回答。

ADJ
连续的;不间断的
Straight means following one after the other, with no gaps or intervals.
例:They'd won 12 straight games before they lost.他们在输掉比赛之前已连续赢了12场。

ADJ
只涉及两人(或两物)的;(选择)非此即彼的
A straight choice or a straight fight involves only two people or things.
例:It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs...只有两个选择:要么是报酬很低的工作,要么就是失业。
例:Each has several times beaten the other in a straight fight.双方都曾在单打比赛中击败过对方几次。

ADJ-GRADED
正经的;正统的;规矩本分的
If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are normal and conventional, for example in their opinions and in the way they live.
例:Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job.多萝西被形容成一个非常正统的女人,一个尽职尽责、非常虔诚的基督徒。

ADJ
异性恋的;非同性恋的
If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are heterosexual rather than homosexual.
例:His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight...从他的性取向来看,他不像异性恋,更像个同性恋。
例:Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.纽约的马蒂称自己不是女同性恋者。

ADJ
(尤指酒精饮料)纯的,不掺水的
A straight drink, especially an alcoholic drink, has not had another liquid such as water added to it.
例:...a large straight whiskey without ice...不加冰的大杯纯威士忌
例:Children should not drink fruit juices straight.儿童不应该喝纯果汁。

N-COUNT
(赛道的)直道(部分)
On a racetrack, a straight is a section of the track that is straight, rather than curved.
例:Our cars were clearly too slow along the straights...我们的赛车在直道上跑得显然太慢了。
例:I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.最后一圈时我在非终点直道上超过了他。

PHRASE
把…弄清楚;明确
If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does.
例:You need to get your facts straight...你需要讲清楚你的情况。
例:Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with her.咱们把事情说清楚。我没有和她一起吃午饭。

PHRASE
改过自新;改邪归正;重新做人
If a criminal is going straight, they are no longer involved in crime.

PHRASE
走正路;过正当的生活
If something keeps people on the straight and narrow, it helps to keep them living an honest or healthy life.
例:All her efforts to keep him on the straight and narrow have been rewarded.她为了让他走正道所作出的一切努力都得到了回报。
变形
noun:straightness~pl:straights~est:straightest~er:straighter~

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