make out

vt.起草, 说明, 结论, 辨别, 理解
vi.进展, 亲热

1. 辨别出

I could hardly make out anything in the thick fog.

在浓雾中我几乎什么也看不见。

2. 填写; 写出

The teacher has made out a list of reference books.

教师已开出了一份参考书单。

3. 理解

We can't make out what he is saying.

我们不懂他在说什么。

词义辨析

同义参见:

identify  perceive  neck  

英英释义

动词 make out:

detect with the senses

同义词：recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, tell apart

make out and issue

同义词：write out, issue, cut

comprehend

proceed or get along

同义词：do, fare, come, get along

come to terms or deal successfully with

同义词：cope, get by, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage

have sexual intercourse with

同义词：roll in the hay, love, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

同义词：neck

write all the required information onto a form

同义词：complete, fill out, fill in

imply or suggest

try to establish

补充

make outmake out1.填写(表格); 开出(支票、账单)Please make out a bill for these goods.请给这些物品开个账单。The check was made out for sixty pounds.开了一张60英镑的支票。2.辨认出It was difficult to make out the manager's handwriting.经理的字迹很难辨认。The signature could not be made out.这签字无法辨认。I can't make out whether this letter is an e or an o.我认不出这个字母究竟是e还是o。They could hardly make out where the road was in the darkness.黑暗中他们难以辨认出路在哪里。3.理解, 明白She was a strange sort of person; I couldn't make her out.她这个人有些古怪, 我不能理解她。The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂, 我理解不了它的意思。Can you make out what he is saying?你能理解他在说什么吗?No one can make out how the fire started.没人能找出起火的原因。4.声称You can't make out that we haven't tried to help you.你不能断言我们没有试图帮助你。It was made out by his counsel that he was quite unaware that the money had been stolen.据他的律师宣称, 他完全不知道钱已被偷走。He made out himself to be rich.他声称自己是有钱的。5.假装Let's make out that we are wrecked on a desert island.让我们假装在荒岛上遇难。

例句

1. It's difficult to make out what he says.很难听清他在说什么。 2. I can't make out the address on the label.我看不清标签上的地址。 3. I can't make her out at all.我完全搞不懂她。 4. It is hard to make out what criteria are used.很难弄清楚使用的是什么标准。 5. Make the invoice out to 'University of Edinburgh'.发票抬头写“爱丁堡大学”。 6. You can make out an argument in favour of resigning.你可以提出一条赞成辞职的理由。 7. You could certainly make out a case for this point of view.你当然能找到理由证明这一观点。 8. I don't think it was as successful as everybody made it out to be.我觉得这件事并非像大家说的那么成功。 9. They're making out it was my fault.他们声称那是我的错。 10. It's not as hard as people make out.这并不像人们说的那样困难。 11. How did you make out in the interview?你的面试情况如何？ 12. I couldn't make out what she meant.我不懂她是什么意思。 13. Can you make out what he is trying to say?你明白他想说的意思吗? 14. There's someone outside the window,but I can't make out who it is.窗外有人，但我看不清是谁。 15. I can just make out the horse in the distance.我只能隐约看见远处的那匹马。 16. When you make out the bill, please tell me.你开出账单后，请告诉我。 17. I'm trying to make out a shopping list.我正在写出购货清单。 18. He made out to be ill.他假装生病。 19. Anna has always made out that her father was rich, but it isn't true.安娜总是佯称她父亲很有钱，但事实并非如此。 20. The article was included to make out a book.加上这篇文章凑成了一本书。 21. How do you made that out?你是怎么得出那个结论的? 22. Whatever profession Wise chooses, I'm sure he'll make out all right.怀斯不管干哪行，我想他都会成功的。 23. When we see how you make out, we'll talk about the possibility of more lasting employment.当我们看到你工作有成绩时就会讨论较长时间雇用你的可能性。 24. How did he make out while his mother was away?他母亲外出不在时他是怎样过日子的? 25. How did you make out with them?你是如何和他们相处下去的? 26. How did you make out with the girl we met last week?你和上星期我们遇到的那个姑娘关系怎么样了? 27. He made out that his car had been stolen.他声称他的汽车被盗。 28. Jack is not such a fool as he's made out to be.杰克并不像人们说的那么傻。 29. He made out a check for $100 to cover the cost of the repairs.他开了一张100美元的支票支付维修费。 30. make out [=fill out] a form填表 31. The doctor will make out a prescription for you. = The doctor will make you out a prescription.医生会给你开处方的。 32. She made out a shopping list before going to the grocery store.去杂货店之前，她列了一张购物单。 33. We could just make out a ship approaching through the fog.雾色中，我们勉强能看到一艘轮船正在靠近。 34. I couldn't quite make out what she said.我听不太明白她说的话。 35. I can't quite make out [=tell] whether he's drunk or sober.我不太清楚他是喝醉了，还是清醒的。 36. "We're still trying to make out [=find out, figure out] what really happened."我们还在努力查明到底发生了什么。 37. I just can't make him out [=figure him out]—he's so contradictory.我真搞不懂他——他太矛盾了。 38. The book makes them out to be criminals.这本书把他们描写成罪犯。 39. Don't make them out as worse than they are.不要丑化他们。 40. He's not as bad as he's made out (to be). = He's not as bad as people make him out (to be).他并不像人们说的那么坏。 41. "“How are you making out [=doing, getting along] in your new job?” “Just fine, thank you!”"“你的新工作干得怎么样？”“不错，谢谢！” 42. “How did the team make out yesterday?” “They won.”“球队昨天表现如何？”“他们赢了。” 43. (US) He made out like a bandit [=he made a lot of money] when he sold the company.他卖掉公司，挣了一大笔钱。 44. She was making out [=(old-fashioned) necking] with her boyfriend.她与男友久久拥吻。