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come clean about something
about后接话题或事件。
He finally came clean about the missing money.
他最终如实交代了丢钱的事。
坦白；全盘托出；如实交代
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坦白；全盘托出；如实交代
to admit that you have done something wrong and tell the truth about it
He finally came clean about the missing money.
他最终如实交代了丢钱的事。
come clean
Base
原形
comes clean
3rd person
第三人称单数
coming clean
-ing
现在分词
came clean
Past
过去式
come clean
Past participle
过去分词
He comes clean about his mistakes.
他承认自己的错误。
She came clean yesterday.
她昨天全盘招供了。
They have come clean now.
他们现在已经全盘招供了。
固定短语，come为不规则动词
After weeks of lies, he finally came clean about the missing money.
在撒了几个星期的谎之后，他终于坦白交代了丢钱的事。
If you want to keep your job, you should come clean with your boss about the mistake.
如果你想保住工作，就应该向老板坦白那个错误。
She decided to come clean and admit that she had broken the window.
她决定坦白，承认是她打破了窗户。
about后接话题或事件。
He finally came clean about the missing money.
他最终如实交代了丢钱的事。
with后接坦白对象。
It's time to come clean with your parents.
是时候向你父母坦白了。
单独使用，泛指坦白。
She decided to come clean before it was too late.
她决定在来不及之前全盘招供。
Not this
He came clean his mistake.
Use this
He came clean about his mistake.
动词短语 'come clean' 后需接介词 'about' 才能引出具体内容，直接跟宾语不符合搭配规则。
Not this
I need to come clean the house.
Use this
I need to clean the house.
'come clean' 意为‘全盘招供’，不表示‘打扫’。表示‘打扫’应用动词 'clean'，这里混淆了短语和动词的含义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
全盘招供关于
He finally came clean about his involvement in the fraud.
他最终全盘招供了自己参与欺诈的事。
对…坦白
I think it's time you came clean with your parents about the accident.
我认为是时候向你父母坦白那起事故了。
最终坦白
After hours of interrogation, the suspect finally came clean.
经过数小时的审讯，嫌疑人最终坦白了。
决定坦白
He decided to come clean and admit his mistake.
他决定坦白并承认自己的错误。
迫使某人坦白
The evidence forced him to come clean about his alibi.
证据迫使他坦白了自己的不在场证明。
就…坦白
The company needs to come clean on its environmental record.
公司需要就其环保记录作出坦白。
全盘招供
He decided to come clean and admit he had lied.
他决定全盘招供，承认自己撒了谎。
坦白吧，我要让它闪耀
From Hilary Duff's song 'Come Clean' (2003), where the chorus repeats 'come clean' as a metaphor for revealing one's true self.
出自希拉里·达夫2003年的歌曲《Come Clean》，副歌中重复'come clean'，比喻展现真实的自我。
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把脏事洗白，全盘招供。想象把秘密污渍洗干净，坦诚交代。
“come clean”通常用于非正式或半正式场合，多指在隐瞒后全盘招供，常见于口语和新闻报道中。
不及物动词短语，通常后接 about 引出内容。
Dictionary facts from AI_FALLBACK, ECDICT.