"get your priorities straight" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 理清你的优先事项
• 把你的事情分清主次

Definition

决定你生活或情况中最重要的事情，并首先关注这些事情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是一个非正式表达，常用于别人沉迷不重要的事情时，或者需要专注于重要事情时，常用作劝告或批评。

Examples

You need to get your priorities straight before starting this project.

你需要在开始这个项目前先**理清你的优先事项**。

If you want to succeed, get your priorities straight.

如果你想成功，先**把你的事情分清主次**。

He realized he had to get his priorities straight after missing the deadline.

错过截止日期后，他认识到要**理清自己的优先事项**。

You keep complaining about being busy, but maybe you just need to get your priorities straight.

你总是抱怨很忙，其实也许只是需要**理清你的优先事项**。

After talking with her mentor, she decided it was time to get her priorities straight.

和导师谈过后，她决定现在该**理清自己的优先事项**了。

Honestly, you need to get your priorities straight if you want things to change around here.

说真的，如果你想让这里的情况有所改变，你就要**理清你的优先事项**。