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make out

英 [meɪk aʊt]

美 [meɪk aʊt]

（勉强）辨认出，看出，听出; 弄清; 理解; 明白; 力图说成; 努力让人相信; 力图证明（…是最好的）; 开具，填写（支票、收据或订货单）; 亲热; 爱抚

法律

牛津词典

  • 以上各词均含认出、辨别出之义。
    These words all mean to be able to see or hear sb/sth and especially to be able to say who or what they are.
    1. 指确认、认出、鉴定：
      to be able to say who or what sb/sth is
      1. She was able to identify her attacker.
        她认出了袭击她的人。
    2. 指认识、认出、辨别出：
      to know who sb is or what sth is when you see or hear them/it, because you have seen or heard them/it before
      1. I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
        他一进屋我就认出了他。
    3. 指看清、听清、分清、辨认清楚：
      to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear
      1. I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
        黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。
    4. 指觉察出、识别、依稀看出、分辨出、听出：
      ( formal ) to recognize or know sth, especially sth that is not obvious; to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear
      1. It is often difficult to discern how widespread public support is.
        了解公众支持的广泛程度常常是困难的。
    5. 指从…中认出来、辨别出：
      to recognize sb/sth from among other people or things
      1. See if you can pick me out in this photo.
        看你能不能把我从这张照片上认出来。
    6. （通常用于否定句）指看清、认出、听出：
      (usually used in negative statements) ( rather formal ) to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear
      1. She could not distinguish the make of the car in the fading light.
        她在渐暗的暮色中看不清楚汽车的型号。

    柯林斯词典

    • PHRASAL VERB （勉强地）辨认出，看出，听出
      If youmakesomethingout, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it.
      1. I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth...
        我只依稀看见一个高个的模糊身影穿过了矮树丛。
      2. She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though...
        她觉着听到了一个名字，却又没听清。
      3. I heard the voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying.
        我听到有声音，却听不清他们在说些什么。
    • PHRASAL VERB 把…弄清楚;理解;明白
      If you try tomakesomethingout, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true.
      1. I couldn't make it out at all...
        我一头雾水。
      2. It is hard to make out what criteria are used...
        很难弄清楚使用的是什么样的标准。
      3. At first I thought it was an accident, but as far as I can make out, the police consider that's unlikely.
        起先我还以为是一场意外，但是据我了解，警方认为那不太可能。
    • PHRASAL VERB 力图说成;努力证明
      If youmake out thatsomething is the case ormakesomethingout tobe the case, you try to cause people to believe that it is the case.
      1. They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it...
        他们正在努力证明我真的干过这件事。
      2. I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be...
        我觉得这件事并非像大家说的那么了不起。
      3. He's more business-minded than he makes himself out to be...
        相对于他给人的印象，他其实更有生意头脑。
      4. He was never half as bad as his teachers made out.
        他的表现远不像老师说的那么糟。
    • PHRASAL VERB 举例证明（…是最好的);证实（…是对的）
      If youmake outa caseforsomething, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do.
      1. You could certainly make out a case for this point of view...
        你肯定能够证明这个观点。
      2. Alice continued making out her case.
        艾丽斯继续为自己证明。
    • PHRASAL VERB 书写，填写(支票、收据或订货单)
      When youmake outa cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it.
      1. If you would like to send a donation, you can make a cheque out to Feed the Children...
        您如果有捐款的意愿，可以填写一张支票寄给救助儿童基金会。
      2. All cheques should be made out to 'EF International Language Schools'...
        所有支票的收款人都应是“英孚国际语言学校”。
      3. I'm going to make out a receipt for you.
        我开一张收据给你。
    • PHRASAL VERB (工作、生活)进展
      If you ask how someoneis making out, you are asking how well they are doing with a particular task, or in their life in general.
      1. Who is making out better right now?...
        现在谁的日子更好过呢？
      2. Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out.
        鲍勃一面挂念着丘辟特和皮特的生活状况，一面转身又去睡了。
    • PHR-V-RECIP 爱抚;亲吻
      If two peopleare making out, they are engaged in sexual activity.
      1. ...pictures of the couple making out in their underwear on the beach.
        那对夫妻穿着内衣在海滩上卿卿我我的照片

    英英释义

    verb

    双语例句

    • These copies are so dark. I can't make out any of the words.
      这些复本上的字颜色太黑了，我什么也看不出来。
    • Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out.
      鲍勃一面挂念着丘辟特和皮特的生活状况，一面转身又去睡了。
    • Can you make out the signature at the foot of this letter?
      你能辨认出信尾的签字吗？
    • Who is making out better right now?
      现在谁的日子更好过呢？
    • I'm going to make out a receipt for you.
      我开一张收据给你。
    • Through the smoky prism of time, I could just barely make out my father as a young man.
      时间模糊了记忆，我几乎想不起父亲年轻时的样子。
    • I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.
      我可以辨认出油船破烂不堪的残骸。
    • Distantly, to her right, she could make out the town of Chiffa.
      在她右边，远远的，她依稀能辨认出希法镇。
    • I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be
      我觉得这件事并非像大家说的那么了不起。
    • He's more business-minded than he makes himself out to be
      相对于他给人的印象，他其实更有生意头脑。

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