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
- 1Leo finally came clean and admitted he had lost his sister's camera.
- 2If you broke the window, it's better to come clean now than wait for Dad to find out.
- 3After a week of lying, Maria came clean and told her parents she had failed the exam.
- 4The company came clean about the data leak only after journalists started asking questions.
- 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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