"think straight" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 理清思緒
• 清楚思考

Definition

在壓力、困惑或強烈情緒下，能夠清楚、理性地思考。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多為口語用法，用於形容壓力大或情緒複雜時難以清楚思考，常常搭配“不能”、“無法”，例如“我想不清楚”。並非字面意思。

Examples

I can't think straight when I'm tired.

我累的時候沒法**理清思緒**。

She's so upset that she can't think straight right now.

她太難過了，現在無法**清楚思考**。

It's hard to think straight under pressure.

在壓力下，**理清思緒**很難。

There's so much noise, I can't even think straight!

這裡太吵了，我根本不能**清楚思考**！

After that argument, I needed a walk to think straight again.

吵完架後，我需要散步來重新**理清思緒**。

With so many deadlines, who can think straight these days?

這麼多截止日，現在誰還能**理清思緒**？