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单词 work something out
释义

work something out

1Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation: she worked out sums on her way to school...
  • Precise mathematical calculations are worked out and this determines how a person's life is affected.
  • But when you work it out, it amounts to 6 percent.
  • I just did a quiz at the Guardian designed to figure out how much money you should be earning - it works it out by assessing your IQ.

Synonyms

calculate, compute, reckon up, determine
1.1Find the answer to something: I couldn’t work out whether it was a band playing or a record...
  • For those of you who I sent the ‘Freaky site’ email to and who haven't worked it out, here is the answer.
  • Panych doesn't give us a pat answer, so it's up to the company to work it out.
  • They will demonstrate how the culinary magic of Mangalore could be worked out with three ingredients that create the characteristic taste of Mangalore - fish, rice and coconut.

Synonyms

understand, comprehend, puzzle out, sort out, reason out, make sense of, think out, think through, get to the bottom of, make head or tail of, solve, find an answer/solution to, unravel, untangle, decipher, decode, find the key to, piece together
informal figure out, crack
British informal suss out
2Plan something in detail: work out a seating plan...
  • I'd say most of the responses lean toward staying together and working it out, as will mine.
  • But Caron stood his ground until licensing deals were worked out for all the music and at last Seasons 1 & 2 of Moonlighting are available on DVD.
  • He orchestrated a group of 21 senators, led by Abraham, to urge Meissner to delay further implementation of the student-tracking system until the fee system could be worked out.

Synonyms

devise, formulate, draw up, put together, develop, prepare, construct, arrange, organize, plan, think up, contrive, concoct;
hammer out, thrash out, reach an agreement on, negotiate
3 literary Accomplish something with difficulty: malicious fates are bent on working out an ill intent
4Work a mine until it is exhausted of minerals.Cornish production supplied most of the needs of Britain and Europe until the mid-19th cent. when many mines were worked out....
  • This became Europe's most important source of gold until the deposits were worked out by the 1760s.
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