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1. We should clean up the past-due bills.
我们应该清理逾期票据。
2. She is cleaning up the kitchen now.
她现在正在打扫厨房。
3. He cleaned up in the stock market last year.
去年他在股票市场大捞一笔。
Getting Cleaned up-(弄干净)
A：Hey, Bob. I can''t find my electric shaver.
喂，鲍勃，我怎么找不到我的电动剃须刀？
B：I`m sorry. I used it and I guess I put it on the top shelf with my stuff.
抱歉，我用过了。我想是把它和我的东西一起放到壁橱上面的搁板上了。
A：Yead，here it is. You might at least clean it up when you use it.The blade''s dirty ang I still can''t find the cord.
嗯，在这里。 你用过以后至少应该把它弄干净。刀片很脏，电线也还没有找到。
B：Stop complaining and start shaving. Breakfast''ll be ready in about five minutes and you won''t if you don''t hurry.
别抱怨了， 快刮胡子吧。大约还有五分钟早饭就好了， 要不你就来不及吃早饭了。
A：Your eggs are already beginning to burn.
你的鸡蛋已经烧焦了。
B：What kind of juice do you want?
你想吃什么果汁？
A：Do we have a choice?
有挑选余地吗？
B：Sure. Tomato or V8.
是的，有番茄汁和V8。
A：Well you know how I feel about tomato. Surprise me.
嗯，你知道我对番茄汁的态度。 真使我意外！
1. 打扫;清扫;把…弄干净
If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
e.g. Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation...
该市警察一直在清理一天的暴力冲突后留下的碎石残砖。
e.g. Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.
吃过晚饭，尼娜和玛丽在厨房里收拾。
2. 清理，清除(污染物)
To clean up something such as the environment or an industrial process means to make it free from substances or processes that cause pollution.
e.g. 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。
3. (警方或当局)肃清，整肃(犯罪、腐败等)
If the police or authorities clean up a place or area of activity, they make it free from crime, corruption, and other unacceptable forms of behaviour.
e.g. After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up...
多年的玩忽职守和经济萧条过后，这个城市在进行自我整顿。
e.g. Since then, the authorities have tried to clean up the sport.
从那以后，有关当局已努力整顿体育界。
4. （尤指在干脏活后）收拾干净，弄整洁
If you go and clean up, you make yourself clean and tidy, especially after doing something that has made you dirty.
e.g. Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up...
约翰尼，进去把自己收拾干净。
e.g. I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
我拾掇了一下自己，把宝宝也收拾妥当。
5. 获得巨额利润;赚大钱
If someone cleans up, they make a large profit or get a lot of money.
e.g. It has cleaned up at the box office.
它在票房上赚得盆满砵满。
verb
1. make oneself clean, presentable or neat
e.g. Clean up before you go to the party
2. put (things or places) in order
e.g. Tidy up your room!
Synonym: tidytidy upneatenstraightenstraighten outsquare away
3. dispose of
e.g. settle the bills
4. make a big profit
often in a short period of time
e.g. The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up