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| 1 | without a bend or curve 直地；直线地 |
| Sue always looks you straight in the eye when she’ s talking to you. 休和你说话时总是直视着你。 |
| Continue straight on for about 20 yards then turn left. 往前直走约20码，然后向左拐。 |
| He stared straight ahead. 他直盯着前方。 |
| The car was coming straight at me. 这辆汽车径直朝我开过来。 |
| dead straight (=completely straight) It flew dead straight through the air. 笔直地 |
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| 2 | directly and immediately 立即；直接地；径直地 |
| We decided to go straight home. 我们决定直接回家。 |
| We put the children straight to bed. 我们直接打发孩子们上床睡觉了。 |
| I decided I’ d leave straight after breakfast. 我决定早餐后立即动身。 |
| come straight to the point I’ ll come straight to the point. 我将开门见山地说出自己的看法。 |
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| 3 | in an upright position and not leaning to one side or the other 挺直地 |
| Sit up straight. 请坐直。 |
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| 4 | informal in an honest way 诚实地；坦率地 |
| tell sb straight (out) I’ m going to tell you straight. 我将坦率地告诉你。 |
| | 4a | if you say something straight to someone’ s face , you are completely honest with them even if it seems rude 直率地告诉某人 | | I told him straight to his face that I thought he was wrong. 我直率地告诉他我认为他错了。 | |
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| 5 | happening for a particular period of time , without interruption 连续不间断地 |
| We’ d been driving for five hours straight and needed a break. 我们已经连续开了5个小时的车，需要休息一下。 |
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| - | cannot see/think straight
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| to be unable to see or think clearly |
| 不能正确地看待；无法清楚地思考 |
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| She was too tired to be able to think straight. 她太累了，无法进行正常的思考。 |
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| - | go straight
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| to stop committing crimes and live an honest life |
| 改邪归正；重新做人 |
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| At the age of 30, he decided to go straight. 30岁时他决定改邪归正。 |
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| - | straight from the horse’ s mouth
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| directly from someone who knows |
| 从可靠来源得来；直接从知情者那里得来 |
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| I heard it straight from the horse’ s mouth. 我从知情者那里听说了这件事。 |
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| - | straight off
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| done immediately |
| 立即；立刻 |
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| We went for a swim straight off. 我们立即去游泳了。 |
| You should have told him straight off that we can’ t go. 你应当立即告诉他我们去不了。 |
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| - | straight out
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| said directly and immediately |
| 直言不讳地；直截了当地 |
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| She asked straight out if I was interested in the job. 她直截了当地问我是否对这份工作感兴趣。 |
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| - | straight out of sth
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| similar in type to something |
| 与某物类似的 |
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| The band’ s sound is straight out of the 60s. 这个乐队的音乐风格和60年代乐队的风格相似。 |
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| - | straight up spoken
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| used for emphasizing that what you are saying is true , or for asking whether something someone else has said is really true |
| （是）真的（用于强调所说属实或询问别人说的是否属实） |
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| Yuki’ s agreed to go out with me. Straight up. 由岐答应了和我一起去，这是真的。 |
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