chuck * away +
丟掉，丟棄，拋棄
I chucked away all my old records years ago when CDs came out.
chuck * in +
辭去；放棄；停止 (某事或某嘗試)
I chucked my job in to go traveling.
chuck * in +
發表 (意見等)；做 (評論)
I chucked in a few points at the end of the discussion.
chuck * out +
丟掉，丟棄，拋棄
I chucked out some stuff I found in the fridge that had gone bad.
chuck up
噁心；嘔吐
He got ridiculously drunk and chucked up in the back of the minicab on the way home.
chuck * up +
辭去；放棄；停止 (某事或某嘗試)
She didn’t like the course, so she chucked it up after a few weeks.
churn * out +
(不顧品質地) 大量或快速生產；粗製濫造
The government churns out educational policies every few months.
clam up
(突然) 閉口不說；沈默不語
Everybody clammed up when the Principal entered.
clamp down on +
鎮壓；嚴加取締；嚴加打擊
The government are clamping down on antisocial behavior.
claw * back +
(政府用增稅，公司用提價等方式) 收回 (金錢) 或彌補 (支出)
The new tax will claw back what the government has given out in grants.
claw * back +
(困難地) 重新取得 (權力等)
The opposition parties are trying to claw back the voters they lost in the last election.
clean * out +
清理；把…打掃乾淨；清除…內之物
I really must clean the study out; there’s stuff all over the floor and piles of paper everywhere.
clean * out
使 (某人) 花光或耗盡錢財
The holiday cleaned me out – I’m broke till the end of the month.
clean * up +
清理；徹底打掃；把…打掃乾淨
Susan cleaned the mess up before she left.
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