迷你對(duì)話
A: The customer promised to sign the contract. But this morning he called me and said that he won’t sign it.
顧客承若會(huì)簽合同的,但是今早打電話過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)他不想簽了。
B: Why? Is there something wrong? Let’s get it straight.
為何?出什么問(wèn)題呢?咱們把事情搞清楚來(lái)。
地道表達(dá)
get something straight
1. 解詞釋義
Get something straight的意思是“把……弄清楚”。用來(lái)表示對(duì)方講出一件你感到吃驚或難以理解的事情,你想弄清楚它的真正含義或做進(jìn)一步的了解,就可以用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)。
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.
對(duì)不起,我不能準(zhǔn)時(shí)下班,因?yàn)橛性S多事情我們需要搞清楚。
e.g. There must be some misunderstandings. Let’s get it straight.
一定是有什么誤會(huì)了,我們得把事情弄清楚來(lái)。