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clean up 不仅只有“打扫干净”的意思,还有其他意思,快来了解吧

 外语行天下 2021-06-12
很多实义动词本身不能跟抽象的宾语,但是当它们与小品词连用时,既保留了原先的用法,又可以跟抽象的东西当宾语,如 clean,它既可以作形容词,也可以作动词。

除了作形容词,clean 还可作动词时,意为“除去…的灰尘,使…干净,打扫”。作及物动词时,接具体的东西当宾语,例如:

I'm going to clean the windows this morning.
今天早上我要擦窗户。

You should always clean your teeth after meals.
饭后你应该经常刷牙。

但是短语动词 clean up 不但可以接具体的东西当宾语,也可以接抽象的东西,它的意思不仅只有”打扫干净“,还有其他的意思。


一、clean (sth) up,意为”打扫,清扫,把…弄干净 “,例如:

He always expected other people to clean up after him.
他总是指望别人来打扫他弄脏了的地方。

You really need to clean up your room. It's like a pigsty in there!
你真的需要打扫你的房间。它就像猪圈一样!

Get me a sponge so I can clean this sticky table up.
给我拿块海绵,这样我就能把这张粘糊糊的桌子擦干净。

I'll clean up the baby while you take the stroller out to the car.
你把婴儿车开到车上时,我来给婴儿打扫卫生。


二、clean sth up,意为”清理,清除(污染物)“,例如:

$250 million was spent on cleaning up groundwater contamination at the former factory's site.
清除前工厂所在地的地下水污染花了2.5亿美元。

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。 


三、clean up 单独使用,意为”赢钱,赚大钱,发财”,用于非正式的场合,例如:

I'm buying you dinner because I really cleaned up at the poker game last night!
我请你吃晚饭是因为我昨晚玩扑克的时候赢钱了!

If our little invention gets mass-produced, we'll clean up!
如果我们的小发明成批生产,我们会发财的!

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。


四、clean sth up,意为“整肃(犯罪或腐败),(警察或当局)肃清”等,例如:

This part of town used to be dominated by the drug trade until the police were able to clean it up.
在警方可以肃清之前,镇上的这一地区过去一直以毒品交易为主。

Last week the Government announced plans to clean up the mortgage industry.
上周,政府宣布了整肃抵押贷款行业的计划。


五、clean (yourself) up,意为“ 把(身体)洗干净“,尤指干脏活后,例如:

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。

六、cleanup

短语动词 clean up 对应的名词是 cleanup,例如:

The cleanup after the oil spill cost over $10,000,000.
漏油后的清理费用超过一千万美元。

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