make out
- 亲热;（勉强）辨认出，看出，听出;理解;明白;开具，填写（支票、收据或订货单）;弄清;爱抚;力图说成;努力让人相信;力图证明（…是最好的）
make outThese words all mean to be able to see or hear sb/sth and especially to be able to say who or what they are.以上各词均含认出、辨别出之义。
to be able to say who or what sb/sth is指确认、认出、鉴定：
She was able to identify her attacker.
她认出了袭击她的人。
to know who sb is or what sth is when you see or hear them/it, because you have seen or heard them/it before指认识、认出、辨别出：
I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
他一进屋我就认出了他。
to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear指看清、听清、分清、辨认清楚：
I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。
( formal ) to recognize or know sth, especially sth that is not obvious; to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear指觉察出、识别、依稀看出、分辨出、听出：
It is often difficult to discern how widespread public support is.
了解公众支持的广泛程度常常是困难的。
to recognize sb/sth from among other people or things指从…中认出来、辨别出：
See if you can pick me out in this photo.
看你能不能把我从这张照片上认出来。
(usually used in negative statements) ( rather formal ) to manage to see or hear sb/sth that is not very clear（通常用于否定句）指看清、认出、听出：
She could not distinguish the make of the car in the fading light.
她在渐暗的暮色中看不清楚汽车的型号。
Distinguish is more formal than make sb/sth out and is more likely to have a noun phrase as object. Make sb/sth out is more likely to have a clause with what or who as object. |
make out
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PHRASAL VERB （勉强地）辨认出，看出，听出
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...
我只依稀看见一个高个的模糊身影穿过了矮树丛。
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PHRASAL VERB 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.I couldn't make it out at all...
我一头雾水。
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PHRASAL VERB 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.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。
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PHRASAL VERB 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.You could certainly make out a case for this point of view...
你肯定能够证明这个观点。
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PHRASAL VERB 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.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。
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PHRASAL VERB (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.Who is making out better right now?...
现在谁的日子更好过呢？
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PHR-V-RECIP 爱抚;亲吻
If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity....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
verb
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- comprehend
- I cannot make out what this politician is saying
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- try to establish
- She made out that she know nothing about the crime
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- imply or suggest
- Your remarks make me out to be stupid
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- write all the required information onto a form
- fill out this questionnaire, please!
- make out a form
- Synonym: complete fill out fill in
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- make out and issue
- write out a check
- cut a ticket
- Please make the check out to me
- Synonym: write out issue cut
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- kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
- The couple were necking in the back seat of the car
- Synonym: neck
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- have sexual intercourse with
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
- Synonym: sleep together 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
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- detect with the senses
- 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: spot recognize recognise distinguish discern pick out tell apart
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- come to terms with
- We got by on just a gallon of gas
- They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
- Synonym: cope get by make do contend grapple deal manage
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- proceed or get along
- How is she doing in her new job?
- How are you making out in graduate school?
- He's come a long way
- Synonym: do fare come get along
数据来源：WordNet
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I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker .
我可以辨认出油船破烂不堪的残骸。
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Distantly , to her right , she could make out the town of Chiffa .
在她右边，远远的，她依稀能辨认出希法镇。
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He could just make out three people through the mist .
透过薄雾他勉强能看出有三个人。
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By the light of the moon I could just make out shapes and outlines .
月光下，我只能分辨出物体的轮廓。
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When he squinted his eyes , he could just make out a house in the distance .
他瞇着眼睛，只能隐约看见远处有一所房子。
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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。
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You could certainly make out a case for this point of view
你肯定能够证明这个观点。
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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。
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I 'm going to make out a receipt for you .
我开一张收据给你。
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I heard the voices , but couldn 't make out what they were saying .
我听到有声音，却听不清他们在说些什么。
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Through the smoky prism of time , I could just barely make out my father as a young man .
时间模糊了记忆，我几乎想不起父亲年轻时的样子。
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At first I thought it was an accident , but as far as I can make out , the police consider that 's unlikely .
起先我还以为是一场意外，但是据我了解，警方认为那不太可能。
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His writing is so diffuse and obscure that it is difficult to make out what it is he is trying to say .
他的文章含混晦涩，让人看后不知所云。
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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。
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I couldn 't make out the house number in the murky light .
在昏暗的光线下我看不清房子的门牌号。
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Make out a list of the books you need .
把你所需要的书开个单子。
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One couldn 't make out what the dark mass was from a distance .
远处黑压压的一片，看不清是些什么东西。
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With so many things mixed up , it 's hard to make out what 's what .
许多问题绞在一起，闹不清楚。
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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。
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I couldn 't make out what she meant .
她的话是什么意思，我听不出来。icouldn'tmakeoutwhatshemeant。
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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。
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Can you make out the signature at the foot of this letter ?
你能辨认出信尾的签字吗？
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Some animal was crouching in the shadow but I couldn 't make out whether it was a cat or a dog .
有个东西在黑影里蹲着，我也看不清它到底是猫还是狗。
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She confusedly realised this reversal of her attitudes , but could not make out what it portended .
她糊里糊涂的意识到自己这种相反的态度，但是不知道它会带来什么
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Mr. B added : " What is so strange about that ? I can even make out the small characters on both sides . Look , aren 't these the year , the month , and the name of the calligrapher2 ? "
乙接着说：“这有什么稀奇，我还能认出两旁的小字呢！你看，这不是‘某年某月’、‘某某人书’吗！”
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He went on to tell me that around two in the morning he had suddenly woke up and found the room filled with mist or smoke . He thought this was strange and then he said he could make out the head of a woman at the foot of the bed , hovering9 in all this mist .
接着他告诉我，大约在凌晨两点左右，他突然惊醒，发现房间里烟雾弥漫，觉得很奇怪，然后他接着讲，在床尾处他竟发现有一个女人头飘在烟雾中盘旋。
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Now could you make out a thing like that ?
谁闹得清这是怎么回事！
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I can 't make out what he is driving at .
我不明白他是什么打算。
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I can 't make out why he isn 't here yet .
我搞不明白他为什么还没有到这儿来。
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He could just make out the number plate of the car .
他只能认出那辆汽车的号码牌。