| 单词 | make out |
| 释义 | make out 1. phrasal verb B2 If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it. I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth. [VERB PARTICLE noun] She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I heard the voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying. [VERB PARTICLE wh] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true. I couldn't make it out at all. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It is hard to make out what criteria are used. [VERB PARTICLE wh] This was, as far as I can make out, the only time he's had proper employment. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb 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. They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it. [VERB PARTICLE that] I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be. [V n P to-inf] He's more business-minded than he makes himself out to be. [V n P to-inf] He was never half as bad as his teachers made out. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you make out a case for something, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do. You could certainly make out a case for this point of view. [V P n + for/against] Alice continued making out her case. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 5. phrasal verb When you make out a cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it. If you would like to send a donation, you can make a cheque out to Feed the Children. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] I'm going to make out a receipt for you. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb 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. [informal] Who is making out better right now? [VERB PARTICLE adverb] Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out. [VERB PARTICLE adverb] 7. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for make If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity. [mainly US, informal] ...pictures of the couple making out on the beach. |
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