sortsth/sbout
—phrasal verbwithsortverbuk/sɔːt/us/sɔːrt/
B2
todealsuccessfully with aproblem, asituation, or apersonwho is having difficulties
解决，处理好
We'vesortedout thecomputersystem'sinitialproblems.我们已经解决了计算机系统最初出现的问题。
[+ question word]It'll bedifficulttosortouthowmuch eachpersonowes.要弄清楚每个人都欠多少钱会很不容易。
Most of thejobinvolvessortingoutcustomerswho havequeries.这项工作的主要内容是处理好顾客们提出的问题。
- When thekitchenisfinishedI'm going tofocusmyattentionon thegardenand get thatsortedout.
- This is just aholdingoperationuntil we get the newmanagementstructuresortedout.
- We had a veryproductivemeeting- Ifeltwesortedout a lot ofproblems.
- I've beensortingout mystudyallday, but it's such amessI don'tfeelI'm gettinganywhere.
- Alan's gone off onholidayand I've beenlandedwith thejobofsortingout hismistakes.