- (使)成直线，变直：
After much tugging,the steel cable straightened out.
猛拉多次之后，钢缆才拉直了。
Get all the wires straightened out.
把这些电线都拉直了。
- 安置，解决；安排，使恢复正常：
He has had a bit of trouble, and I have to straighten it out for him.
他遇到了点儿麻烦，我得替他把这事了结掉。
The confused situation has straightened out.
原先十分混乱的局面现在已恢复正常了。
- (使)改正；(使)好转：
Don't worry,he will be straightened out soon.
别着急，他很快就会好转的。
Maybe religion should help to straighten him out.
也许宗教信仰可以使他改邪归正。
- [口语]消除疑虑(或无知等)，使了解真相：
Straighten him out; he perhaps misunderstood what I said.
向他解释清楚，他也许误解了我的意思。
He should be straightened out.
应该让他知道真相。