come clean

/ˌkʌm ˈkliːn/INFORMAL · B2
中文對應近似對應
和盤托出
字面意思: «變乾淨»

意思

to finally admit the truth about something you kept hidden

終於坦白隱瞞的事.

例句

  1. 1Leo finally came clean and admitted he had lost his sister's camera.
  2. 2If you broke the window, it's better to come clean now than wait for Dad to find out.
  3. 3After a week of lying, Maria came clean and told her parents she had failed the exam.
  4. 4The company came clean about the data leak only after journalists started asking questions.
  5. 5Why won't Tom come clean about where he was last night?

文法

只有 come 變化形式:comes、coming、came。坦白的內容跟在 about 之後。

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