Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1598
straight
笔直地；直接地
directly; in a straight line
- 1.
Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
(方向)相对于主体而言,精确地；仿佛沿着一条直线。
- 2.
Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
直接地；无停顿、无延迟或不绕路。
- 3.
Continuously; without interruption or pause.
连续地；不间断地。
- 4.
Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
(言语或信息)直截了当地,不掩饰地。
直接；径直；连续不断地；一直；直率地；坦率地；(方向)相对于主体而言,精确地；仿佛沿着一条直线。；直接地；无停顿、无延迟或不绕路。
In use
After work, I went straight home because I was tired.
You can buy fresh vegetables straight from the farm at the market.
Let's get straight to the point and discuss the budget.
Connections
Collocations
- straight ahead
- 正前方；一直向前
- The museum is straight ahead on your left.博物馆就在你的左前方。
- straight away
- 立刻；马上
- Please call me back straight away.请立刻给我回电话。
- straight up
- 直截了当地；坦白地
- Tell me straight up if you disagree.如果你不同意，就直截了当地告诉我。
- go straight home
- 直接回家
- After school, I went straight home.放学后我直接回家了。
- straight through
- 不间断地；一直
- We drove straight through the night.我们开车开了一整夜。
- straight from
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：straight 像一条笔直的钢轨，火车沿直线直直地开、不停歇，所以表示笔直地、直接地、连续地。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：指路、日常交流、时间顺序、言语表达 作副词时通常属于中性语域，多用于日常口语和一般书面语；具体语气随搭配变化，如 straight ahead 常见于指路，straight away 偏口语，straight after 用于时间顺序。
Grammar Note
副词，意为‘径直地、直接地’，通常修饰动词或形容词，可置于句首、句中或句末。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with straight (/streɪt/): strait, late, weight, great, gate, and wait, because they share the /eɪt/ sound. Note that strait is a homophone of straight but is spelled with fewer letters. Beware of lookalikes such as height and sight, which end in -ight like straight but are pronounced /haɪt/ and /saɪt/, not /streɪt/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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