单词 | work something out |
释义 | work something out1Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation: she worked out sums on her way to school...
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...
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...
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....
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