straighten學測 L5KK [ˈstretən] ｜ /ˈstreɪtən/
弄直；扳直·挺直身體；站直·整理；收拾整齊·釐清；解決誤會
學測愛考的動詞，字義涵蓋具體到抽象
She straightened her back, cleaned her room, and then straightened things out with her roommate.
她挺直了背、打掃房間，然後也和室友把事情處理清楚。
一個畫面：把彎的東西拉直
扳直彎物用力把彎曲的東西弄直
挺直腰桿從彎腰坐姿一下子站直
理順雜亂把亂糟糟的整理端正
義項
扳直鐵絲C1verb弄直；扳直
He picked up the bent wire and slowly straightened it with his fingers.
他撿起彎掉的鐵絲，用手指慢慢把它弄直。
straighten a wirestraighten a picture frame
挺直坐姿B2verb挺直身體；站直
After sitting at their desks for hours, the students straightened their backs and stretched.
在書桌前坐了好幾個小時後，學生們挺直了背、伸展身體。
straighten your backstraighten up
收拾書桌B2verb整理；收拾整齊
Before leaving the office, Sarah straightened her desk and put her files in order.
下班離開辦公室前，莎拉把書桌整理好，並把檔案排放整齊。
straighten your deskstraighten your room
化解誤會C1verb釐清；解決誤會
I explained everything clearly to straighten out the problem.
我把整件事情解釋清楚，才把問題徹底解決。
straighten out a problemstraighten things out
片語
straighten up站好挺胸 →站或坐挺直；也指改過向善
straighten out理出頭緒 →把混亂的事情處理清楚
你會不會這樣說？
I need to ___ my messy hair before the interview. (straighten / strengthen)
看答案
straighten
strengthen 是使變強壯，straighten 是使變直，字形相近易混。
'She straightened her back and looked at me.' 這裡的 straightened 最接近哪個意思？(A) 弄直頭髮 (B) 站直/挺身 (C) 整理房間
看答案
(B)
此句描述姿勢動作，對應「挺直身體；站直」義項。
字族
straight 直的；筆直的・straightforward 簡單直接的；易懂的