clean up

• 动词短语，指把地方或物品弄干净、整理整齐，或清除脏东西、杂物和不想要的东西。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making a place or thing clean and tidy, or to remove dirt, mess, or unwanted items.

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1. Make clean or tidyinformal

   To remove dirt, mess, or disorder from a place or object.

   清理

   • I need to clean up my room before guests arrive.
   • She cleaned up the kitchen after dinner.
   • The volunteers helped clean up the park.

   同义词cleanclear upneatenspruce upstraighten uptidytidy up

   反义词clutterdirtylittermesssoil

2. Remove unwanted elementsinformal

   To eliminate undesirable or harmful things, such as crime, corruption, or waste.

   清除

   • The new mayor promised to clean up the city's corruption.
   • They are working to clean up the polluted river.
   • The police launched an operation to clean up the streets.

   同义词clear outeliminateeradicatepurgeridroot outweed out

   反义词contaminatecorruptpollutetaint

3. Earn a large profitslangamerican

   To make a significant amount of money, often quickly or unexpectedly.

   大捞一笔

   • He cleaned up at the poker table last night.
   • The company cleaned up with their new product launch.
   • She cleaned up by investing in tech stocks early.

   同义词cash inhit the jackpotrake in

基本动词clean