1 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. （勉强地）辨认出，看出，听出
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I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth. [VERB PREP. noun]
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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She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though. [VERB noun PREP.]
她觉着听到了一个名字，却又没听清。
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I heard the voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying. [VERB PREP. wh]
我听到有声音，却听不清他们在说些什么。
SYN see, observe, distinguish, perceive
2 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. 把…弄清楚;理解;明白
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I couldn't make it out at all. [VERB noun PREP.]
我一头雾水。
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It is hard to make out what criteria are used. [VERB PREP. wh]
很难弄清楚使用的是什么样的标准。
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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. [VERB PREP.]
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。
SYN understand, see, work out, grasp
3 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. 力图说成;努力证明
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They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it. [VERB PREP. that]
他们正在努力证明我真的干过这件事。
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I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be. [V n P to-inf]
我觉得这件事并非像大家说的那么了不起。
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He's more business-minded than he makes himself out to be. [V n P to-inf]
相对于他给人的印象，他其实更有生意头脑。
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He was never half as bad as his teachers made out. [VERB PREP.]
他的表现远不像老师说的那么糟。
SYN pretend, claim, suggest, maintain
4 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. 举例证明（…是最好的);证实（…是对的） [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
SYN prove, show, describe, represent
5 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. 书写，填写(支票、收据或订货单)
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If you would like to send a donation, you can make a cheque out to Feed the Children. [VERB noun PREP. + to]
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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All cheques should be made out to 'EF International Language Schools'. [V n P to n]
所有支票的收款人都应是“英孚国际语言学校”。
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I'm going to make out a receipt for you. [VERB PREP. noun]
我开一张收据给你。
SYN write out, complete, draft, draw up
6 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. (工作、生活)进展 [informal]
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Who is making out better right now?. [VERB PREP. adv.]
现在谁的日子更好过呢？
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Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out. [VERB PREP. adv.]
鲍勃一面挂念着丘辟特和皮特的生活状况，一面转身又去睡了。
7 PHR-V-RECIP 爱抚;亲吻 If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity. 爱抚;亲吻 [mainly US, informal] [Also V P + with]
SYN make love, have sex, do it [British , informal] , neck [informal]
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