straight /streɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( straighter, straights, straightest )

• 1. 

  ADJ A straight line or edge continues in the same direction and does not bend or curve. 笔直的

  例：

  Keep the boat in a straight line.

  让小船直线行驶。

  例：

  His teeth were perfectly straight.

  他的牙齿非常整齐。

• 2. 

  ADV Straight is also an adverb. 直地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Stand straight and stretch the left hand to the right foot.

  站直，伸左手够右脚。

• 3. 

  ADJ Straight hair has no curls or waves in it. (发) 直

  例：

  Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun.

  格雷斯有一头又长又直的黑发，她把它盘成了一个发髻。

• 4. 

  ADV You use straight to indicate that the way from one place to another is very direct, with no changes of direction. 径直地 [ADV prep/adv]

  例：

  ...squirting the medicine straight to the back of the child's throat.

  …把药直接喷到小孩喉咙后部。

  例：

  He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me.

  他结束了谈话站起来，直视着我。

• 5. 

  ADV If you go straight to a place, you go there immediately. 立即 [ADV prep/adv]

  例：

  As always, we went straight to the experts for advice.

  像平时一样，我们立即向那些专家们做了咨询。

• 6. 

  ADJ If you give someone a straight answer, you answer them clearly and honestly. (回答) 直截了当的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer to a straight question.

  他真是一个狡猾的辩手，一直拒绝对一个直接的问题给予直截了当的回答。

• 7. 

  ADV Straight is also an adverb. 直截了当地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I lost my temper and told him straight that I hadn't been looking for any job.

  我生气了，直截了当地告诉他我一直没找过任何工作。

• 8. 

  ADJ Straight means following one after the other, with no gaps or intervals. 连续的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  They'd won 12 straight games before they lost.

  他们在输掉之前已赢了连续12场比赛。

• 9. 

  ADV Straight is also an adverb. 连续地 [n ADV]

  例：

  He called from Washington, having been there for 31 hours straight.

  他从华盛顿打来了电话，他已在那里连续呆了31个小时了。

• 10. 

  ADJ A straight choice or a straight fight involves only two people or things. 有关两者的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs.

  这是一个有关低收入工作和没有工作两者之间的选择。

• 11. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are normal and conventional, for example in their opinions and in the way they live. 正统的

  例：

  Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job.

  多萝西被描述成一位非常正统的女人，一位非常诚笃全心扑在工作上的基督徒。

• 12. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are heterosexual rather than homosexual. 异性恋的 [非正式]

  例：

  His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight.

  他的性取向更像是同性恋的而非异性恋的。

• 13. 

  N-COUNT Straight is also a noun. 异性恋者

  例：

  ...a standard of sexual conduct that applies equally to gays and straights.

  …一个同等适用于同性恋者和异性恋者的性行为标准。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does. 把某事弄清楚 [口语]

  例：

  You need to get your facts straight.

  你需要把你的事实弄清楚。

• 15. 

  to keep a straight face →see face