迷你对话学地道口语第750期:把......弄清楚(在线收听

   Subject: Let’s get it straight.

  迷你对话
  A: The customer promised to sign the contract. But this morning he called me and said that he won’t sign it.
  顾客承若会签合同的,但是今早打电话过来说他不想签了。
  B: Why? Is there something wrong? Let’s get it straight.
  为何?出什么问题呢?咱们把事情搞清楚来。
  地道表达
  get something straight
  1. 解词释义
  Get something straight的意思是“把……弄清楚”。用来表示对方讲出一件你感到吃惊或难以理解的事情,你想弄清楚它的真正含义或做进一步的了解,就可以用这个短语。
  2. 拓展例句
  e.g. Sorry that I can not knock off on time. There's a lot of things we've got to get straight.
  对不起,我不能准时下班,因为有许多事情我们需要搞清楚。
  e.g. There must be some misunderstandings. Let’s get it straight.
  一定是有什么误会了,我们得把事情弄清楚来。
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