straight是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 continuing in one direction without bending or curving -- 直的（地），笔直的（地）

  • a straight line 直线

  • She has straight blonde hair. 她有一头金色的直发。

  • Skirts this summer are long and straight. 今夏的裙装流行长长的直筒裙。

  • Can't you see it? - it's straight ahead (of you)! 难道你看不见吗？——就在（你）正前面！

  • The dog seemed to be coming straight at/for me. 那条狗似乎是径直朝我奔过来的。

  • Go straight along this road and turn left at the traffic lights. 沿着这条路一直走，到了红绿灯那儿向左转。

• 1 honest -- 坦诚的，直率的

  • Just be straight with her and tell her how you feel. 对她坦诚一些，告诉她你的感觉。

  • informal Tell me straight, would you rather we didn't go tonight? 请坦白告诉我，你是不是希望我们今天晚上不去？

  • I told her straight out that I didn't love her any more. 我直截了当地告诉她我不再爱她了。

• 2 immediately -- 径直，直接；立即

  • I got home and went straight to bed. 我回到家就径直上床睡了。

  • We'll go straight to the party after dinner. 晚饭后我们直接去参加聚会。

  • Time is short so I'll get straight to the point (= explain the matter immediately). 时间不多，所以我就开门见山了。

  • I knew straight away what you were thinking. 我立刻就知道你在想什么了。

  • We don't need to go straight off - we can stay for a little while. 我们用不着马上就走——我们可以呆一会儿。

• 3 clearly -- 清楚地

  • You know you've had too much to drink when you can't see straight. 如果你眼都花了，那你就知道自己喝得太多了。

  • I'm so tired I can't think straight any more. 我累坏了，头脑都不清楚了。

• 4 clear or not complicated -- 清楚的；简单明了的

  • It's a straight choice - either you leave him or you stay. 你的选择很简单——要么离开他，要么留下。

  • Let's get this straight - you're travelling to Frankfurt on Monday and Brussels on Tuesday, is that correct? 我们把这个弄清楚——你周一要去法兰克福，周二去布鲁塞尔，对吗？

• 5 level and not sloping to either side -- 平的，平直的；正的

  • This picture's not straight. 这幅画不正。

  • The shelf isn't straight - it sags in the middle. 架子不平——中间陷下去了。

• 6 plain and basic, or without anything added -- 纯的，不掺其他东西的

  • No tonic for me, please, I like my vodka straight. 请不要给我加奎宁水，我喜欢喝纯伏特加。

  • Straight pasta is very bland - you need some kind of sauce to make it interesting. 什么佐料也不加的意大利面条没什么味道——你需要加些酱汁儿才会有滋味。

• 7 following one after another without an interruption -- 连续的，不间断的

  • They're the only team to have won ten straight games this season. 他们是这个赛季唯一一支连赢10场比赛的球队。

• 8 tidy, or arranged in order -- 整齐的，整洁的；井井有条的

  • It only took an hour to get the flat straight after the party. 聚会之后只用了一个钟头就把公寓收拾得整整齐齐。

  • Do you have a mirror? - I'll just put my hair straight. 你有镜子吗？——我要把头发梳理整齐。

• 9 traditional or serious -- 传统的，正统的；规矩的；严肃的

  • disapproving He was a nice enough guy, but he was so straight - I always felt I had to be on my best behaviour with him. 他是个不错的家伙，不过太严肃了——我总是觉得我和他在一起必须得规规矩矩的。

  • There's a lot of straight theatre at the festival as well as the newer, more experimental stuff. 戏剧节上有许多正统的戏剧作品，也有不少比较新、更有实验性的剧目。

• 10 not gay -- 异性恋的

• 11 not using illegal drugs or alcohol -- 不吸毒的；不酗酒的

  • He's been straight for five months. 他戒毒已经有5个月了。

• 12 neither owing nor owed any money -- 不欠钱的；两清的

  • You bought the tickets, so if I pay for the taxi, we'll be straight. 你买的票，因此如果我出打车的钱，我们就扯平了。

• 13 the straight part of a racetrack (= the track on which competitors race) -- 直道，直线跑道

  • And the runners are just coming up to the finishing straight. 选手们刚跑上最后一个直道。

• 14 a person who is not gay -- 异性恋者