make out

起草；说明；结论；辨别；理解

All I could make out was a long, jagged line with some high plateaus.(我能看到的只有一条参差不齐的长线条，其中还有一些高的凸起。)

"That is the very thing that nobody can make out," said his mother.(“这正是谁也弄不清楚的事情。”他的母亲说。)

Before going shopping, they usually make out a shopping list.(购物前，他们一般先拟好购物清单。)

I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.(我只能看出一个高高的、苍白的、朦胧的人影穿行在矮灌木丛中。)

Distantly, to her right, she could make out the town of Chiffa.(在右边远远的地方，她能认出那是希法镇。)

I couldn't make out how it had been done.(我原来还不明白这是怎么回事。)

The King put on his spectacles and looked anxiously round, to make out who was talking.(国王戴上他的眼镜，焦急地四处张望，想弄清楚是谁在说话。)

Her voice was so low that at first he could not make out what she said.(她的声音很低，起初他听不清她在说什么。)

It is hard to make out what criteria are used.(难以辨清使用了什么标准。)

They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it.(他们在试图证明我确实做了那件事。)

verb

1. comprehend

e.g. I cannot make out what this politician is saying

2. try to establish

e.g. She made out that she know nothing about the crime

3. imply or suggest

e.g. Your remarks make me out to be stupid

4. write all the required information onto a form

e.g. fill out this questionnaire, please!
make out a form

Synonym: completefill outfill in

5. make out and issue

e.g. write out a check
cut a ticket
Please make the check out to me

Synonym: write outissuecut

6. kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

e.g. The couple were necking in the back seat of the car

Synonym: neck

7. have sexual intercourse with

e.g. This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?

Synonym: sleep togetherroll in the haylovemake lovesleep withget laidhave sexknowdo itbe intimatehave intercoursehave it awayhave it offscrewfuckjazzeffhumplie withbedhave a go at itbangget it onbonk

8. detect with the senses

e.g. The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
I can't make out the faces in this photograph

Synonym: spotrecognizerecognisedistinguishdiscernpick outtell apart

9. come to terms with

e.g. We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Synonym: copeget bymake docontendgrappledealmanage

10. proceed or get along

e.g. How is she doing in her new job?
How are you making out in graduate school?
He's come a long way

Synonym: dofarecomeget along

1. （勉强地）辨认出，看出，听出
If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 把…弄清楚;理解;明白
If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true.

e.g. I couldn't make it out at all...
我一头雾水。
e.g. 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. 力图说成;努力证明
If you make out that something is the case or make something out to be the case, you try to cause people to believe that it is the case.

make out的解释

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4. 举例证明（…是最好的);证实（…是对的）
If you make out a case for something, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do.

e.g. You could certainly make out a case for this point of view...
你肯定能够证明这个观点。
e.g. Alice continued making out her case.
艾丽斯继续为自己证明。

5. 书写，填写(支票、收据或订货单)
When you make out a cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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”。

6. (工作、生活)进展
If you ask how someone is making out, you are asking how well they are doing with a particular task, or in their life in general.

e.g. Who is making out better right now?...
现在谁的日子更好过呢？
e.g. 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。

7. 爱抚;亲吻
If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity.

e.g. ...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