| 单词 | come clean |
| 释义 | come cleancome clean 1 informalADMIT to finally tell the truth about something you have been hiding 和盘托出，说出实情 come clean about The government should come clean about its plans. 政府应该把计划的实情公之于众。 Examples from the Corpus come clean• Still, I must come clean.• He felt happy to finally be able to come clean about it, but he felt her withdraw.• It's time the government came clean about its plans to raise income tax.• The bank eventually came clean and admitted they had made a mistake.• That is all very well, but why does he not come clean and give us Labour's figures?• That night, at dinner, David and I came clean, and told our friends about singing to fish.• In addition, you risk being fired when you come clean, another attorney pointed out.• And when you picked hold of the fish and got hold of a piece it would come clean away.• So when the station came clean, they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias.• Labour will not come clean with its figures, so it is bound to describe ours as jiggery-pokery. → come clean at clean1(1) 2 informal to tell the truth about something you have done 老实交代，全盘招供 come clean about I think you should come clean about where you were last night. 我觉得你应该老实交代昨晚去了哪儿。 Examples from the Corpus come about• He felt happy to finally be able to come clean about it, but he felt her withdraw.• The Government still have not come clean about the information revealed in a Select Committee appendix. → come clean at come1(14) |
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