英语短语make out是一个多义动词短语,具体含义需结合上下文判断。以下是其最常见的5种核心用法及示例:
指在模糊、困难的条件下(如光线暗、声音小、字迹潦草)勉强识别出某人/某物。
搭配:`make out + 名词/代词`
示例:
I could barely make out her handwriting in the dim light.(在昏暗的光线下,我几乎认不出她的字迹。)
Can you make out what that sign says from here?(你从这儿能看清那个牌子上写的什么吗?)
The radio signal was so weak that I couldn’t make out the news.(无线电信号太弱,我听不清新闻内容。)
指理清复杂、模糊的信息或意图。
搭配:`make out + 从句/what引导的宾语从句`
示例:
I can’t make out why she’s so angry with me.(我搞不懂她为什么这么生我的气。)
The instructions were so confusing that no one could make out how to use the machine.(说明书太混乱,没人明白怎么用这台机器。)
指故意表现出不实的状态或情绪,通常用于逃避责任或欺骗。
搭配:`make out (that) + 从句`
示例:
He made out that he had forgotten his homework, but I knew he hadn’t done it.(他假装忘了带作业,但我知道他根本没做。)
She made out to be sick so she wouldn’t have to go to the meeting.(她装病以逃避参加会议。)
口语中常用,指情侣间亲密的身体接触(如接吻、拥抱)。
搭配:`make out with sb`
示例:
They were making out in the back of the movie theater.(他们在电影院后排亲热。)
I saw Jenny making out with a guy I’ve never met before.(我看见珍妮和一个我不认识的男生在亲热。)
指书写或填写正式的文件、凭证。
搭配:`make out + 名词(如form/check/will)`
示例:
Please make out a check for $500 to “Smith & Co.”(请开一张500美元的支票给“史密斯公司”。)
She made out her will before going on the trip.(她旅行前立了遗嘱。)
多义性:需根据语境判断核心含义(如“辨认”vs“亲热”vs“填写”);
常见搭配:
辨认/理解:`make out sb/sth` / `make out what…`;
假装:`make out that…`;
亲热:`make out with sb`;
填写:`make out a [document]`。
通过具体语境代入,就能快速确定`make out`的准确意思啦!