make out
(infml 口) (usu in questions after how 通常用於how之後的问句) manage; survive; fare 设法应付; 活下来; 过活
How did he make out while his wife was away? 他妻子不在家时他是怎麽生活的?
How are you making out with Mary? ie How is your relationship with her developing? 你与玛丽的关系怎样了? make sb `out understand (sb´s character) 了解(某人的性格)
What a strange person she is! I can´t make her out at all. 她这个人真怪! 我根本无法了解她. make sb/sth out manage to see sb/sth or read sth 辨认出某人[某物]
I could just make out a figure in the darkness. 我隐约看见黑暗中有个人影.
The dim outline of a house could be made out. 有一所房子的模糊轮廓依稀可辨.
Can you make out what that sign says? 你看得见牌子上写的是什麽吗? make sth out write out sth; complete sth 写出或填写某内容
make out a cheque for 10 开出一张10英镑的支票
Applications must be made out in triplicate. 申请书必须填写一式三份.
The doctor made me out a prescription. 医生给我开了一个处方. make sth out; make out if/whether... understand sth 理解某事物
I can´t make out what she wants. 我不明白她想要什麽.
How do you make that out? ie How did you reach that conclusion? 你怎麽得出那个结论的?
I can´t make out if she enjoys her job or not. 我不知道她是否喜欢她的工作. make out that...; make oneself/sb/sth out to be... claim; assert; maintain 声称; 断言; 坚持
He made out that he had been robbed. 他声称他遭到抢劫.
She´s not as rich as people make out/as people make her out to be. 她并不像人们说的那麽富有.
He makes himself out to be cleverer than he really is. 他把自己说得比实际聪明.