clean up
phrasal verbclean up
- (informal) to win or make a lot of money
赢钱；赚大钱；发财 - This film should clean up at the box offices.
这部电影在票房收入上应该能赚大钱。
- This film should clean up at the box offices.
clean (yourself) up
- (informal) to make yourself clean, usually by washing
把（身体）洗干净 - I need to change and clean up.
我需要换洗一下。 - Go and clean yourself up.
去梳洗干净吧。 - You'd better get cleaned up.
你最好去梳洗一下。
- I need to change and clean up.
clean up | clean something up
- to remove dirt, etc. from somewhere
打扫（或清除）干净 - He always expected other people to clean up after him (= when he had made the place dirty or untidy).
他总是指望别人来打扫他弄脏了的地方。 - Who's going to clean up this mess?
这么又脏又乱的，谁来清理？ - to clean up beaches after an oil spillage
清理石油泄漏后被污染的海滩 - a commitment to clean up the environment
清洁环境的承诺 - It took me the rest of the day to clean (the place) up.
我花了一整天的时间打扫(这个地方)。
- He always expected other people to clean up after him (= when he had made the place dirty or untidy).
clean something up
- to remove crime and immoral behaviour from a place or an activity
打扫（或清除）干净 - The new mayor is determined to clean up the city.
新上任的市长决心要整治好这座城市。 - Soccer needs to clean up its image.
足球界的形象需要改善。
- The new mayor is determined to clean up the city.