Had he tried, Rhett could not have chosen a more difficult time to beat his way back to respectability.

要是瑞德经尝试过话，他就不会选择一个像现在这样困难时来实行改邪归正了。

He wants to limit the damage by turning me into one of his own kind.

他还不逼我改邪归正，弃暗投明？

There are other ways of going straight, you know.

要知道，还有别改邪归正办法。

My Government will work to improve safety and security in prisons and to strengthen the rehabilitation of offenders.

将努力保障罪犯在监狱人身安全并加大促使其改邪归正力度。

" Did I? " muttered Harry, tugging at the chains binding her arms, " Well, I've had a change of heart. Diffindo! " Nothing happened.

“是吗？”哈利一嘟囔着，一用力猛拉锁住她手臂镣铐，“好吧，我改邪归正了。四分五裂！”镣铐纹丝不动。

If students do poorly at school, parents could tell their children to " straighten up" or " clean up" their act.

如果学生在学校表现不好，家长可以告诉他们孩子改邪归正。

There are other ways of going straight.

还有别改邪归正办法。

" So the river-boat gambler and the speculator is going to be respectable! Well, your first move toward respectability had better be the sale of Belle Watling's house" .

那个驾河船赌棍和投机家就要成为绅士了！我看，你要改邪归正话，最好还是首把贝尔·沃房子卖掉吧。"

You could tell him to straighten up or clean up his act or he will get fired!

你可以告诉他改邪归正，否则他会被解雇！

We'll drive him crazy. We'll outlast the bastard. We'll go straight!

我们会把他逼疯，我们就会永远躲过这个混蛋，我们要改邪归正了！

This also means they have been doing something bad and you warn them to change it.

clean up their act意思是他们一直在做坏，你警告他们改邪归正。

Her boss warned her to straighten up and clean up her act.

她老板警告她要改邪归正。

Scaring people  straight is a bad strategy.

吓唬人改邪归正并非良策。

And then supposedly recanted his evil ways, went back to the church.

然后据说他改邪归正，回到了教会。

From the work of convincing leo to go back into rehab.

带着一幅坚信里奥回戒毒所后能改邪归正表情。

Care to share how you gave up your bad Bass ways?

介意分享一下混蛋拜斯改邪归正经验吗？

Okay, you know, deathbed epiphanies aren't your style.

临终悔悟改邪归正可不像你作风。

Tony’s been trying to go straight for about six months.

【straight】大约六个月来，托尼一直在努力改邪归正。

`Yes, she's dead! ' I answered, checking my sobs and drying my cheeks. `Gone to heaven, I hope; where we may, everyone, join her, if we take due warning and leave our evil ways to follow good! '

" 是，她死了！" 我回答，压抑住我抽泣，擦干我脸。" 我希望，是上天堂了；如果我们接受应得警告，改邪归正，我们每个人都可以去那里和她相遇。"

Has our bad girl reallygone good?

我们坏女孩真改邪归正了吗？