clean house

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To clean the interior of a house. intransitive,literally
  2. To reform a workplace, organization, etc. by removing undesirable personnel or procedures. figuratively,intransitive
    — Francis was elected in March 2013 after the resignation of Benedict XVI, the first pontiff to step down in nearly six centuries, amid turmoil and intrigue about secret lobbies and financial chicanery. The cardinal electors sought a reformer with a strong administrative hand, but few anticipated how Francis, then the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, would blend reformist zeal and folksy charm in a push to clean house and transform the church.
  3. To win overwhelmingly. intransitive,slang
    — Time to clean some house, be a man or a mouse, waste those who make it tough to get around.

词形变化

cleans house present,singular,third-person cleaning house participle,present cleaned house participle,past cleaned house past
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