英语词汇“to go straight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. Honestly, honourably. Esp. in to go straight: (a) colloquial to behave honourably; (b) colloquial to reform, to desist from criminal activities (cf. sense A. 6a); (c) slang to conform to social conventions, spec. by renouncing drugs or homosexuality (cf. sense A. 6d).

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform [verb (intransitive)]

risec1175

amenda1275

menda1400

reform1582

reclaim1625

to turn down a leaf1633

to take up1661

repair1748

mend1782

to go straight1888

to straighten up1891

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform > conform to social conventions

to go straight1973

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. xiii. 268 ‘Don't you think, Warner,’ said his wife, ‘that you could sell that piece to some other person?’.. ‘No!’ said her husband, shaking his head. ‘I'll go straight.’

1864 Field 2 July 4/1 Mr. Merry who runs his horses so straight, and who is backed with the same confidence as Lord Glasgow.

1888 Times 26 June 4/5 As a rule I believe they [sc. jockeys] run very straight. It is ridiculous to suppose that they are generally dishonest.

1888 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 136/1 The man who goes straight in spite of temptation.

1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 27 There's always room in a place like this for anyone who'll..act straight, and be content with a reasonable profit.

1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 76 Fixing his pinchers on the snake, Thus spake The crab: ‘It's Time for you, mate, To go straight; No more crooked habits.’

1968 ‘R. Simons’ Death on Display iii. 44 I'm goin' straight. Last time I was done was two years ago, and I ain't been tapped on the shoulder since.

1973 To our Returned Prisoners of War (U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs) 5 Go straight (1) Give up the use of drugs. (2) Return to an approved life style.

1977 D. E. Westlake Enough! ii. 59 ‘He's a fag.’.. ‘Well, maybe he's trying to go straight.’

单词	to go straight
释义	> as lemmas to go straight 5. Honestly, honourably. Esp. in to go straight: (a) colloquial to behave honourably; (b) colloquial to reform, to desist from criminal activities (cf. sense A. 6a); (c) slang to conform to social conventions, spec. by renouncing drugs or homosexuality (cf. sense A. 6d). ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 amenda1275 menda1400 reform1582 reclaim1625 to turn down a leaf1633 to take up1661 repair1748 mend1782 to go straight1888 to straighten up1891 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform > conform to social conventions to go straight1973 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. xiii. 268 ‘Don't you think, Warner,’ said his wife, ‘that you could sell that piece to some other person?’.. ‘No!’ said her husband, shaking his head. ‘I'll go straight.’ 1864 Field 2 July 4/1 Mr. Merry who runs his horses so straight, and who is backed with the same confidence as Lord Glasgow. 1888 Times 26 June 4/5 As a rule I believe they [sc. jockeys] run very straight. It is ridiculous to suppose that they are generally dishonest. 1888 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 136/1 The man who goes straight in spite of temptation. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 27 There's always room in a place like this for anyone who'll..act straight, and be content with a reasonable profit. 1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 76 Fixing his pinchers on the snake, Thus spake The crab: ‘It's Time for you, mate, To go straight; No more crooked habits.’ 1968 ‘R. Simons’ Death on Display iii. 44 I'm goin' straight. Last time I was done was two years ago, and I ain't been tapped on the shoulder since. 1973 To our Returned Prisoners of War (U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs) 5 Go straight (1) Give up the use of drugs. (2) Return to an approved life style. 1977 D. E. Westlake Enough! ii. 59 ‘He's a fag.’.. ‘Well, maybe he's trying to go straight.’ extracted from straightadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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