1、pack in
停止做
I'd just packed in a job the day before.
我前天剛剛辭了工作。
Pack it in. Stop being spiteful.
別鬧了,不要惡意傷人。
堆滿;擠滿;塞滿
Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible.
監獄只好拼命往里面塞犯人。
It's kind of a referendum, though a lot of issues are packed in.
這算是全民公決,雖然牽涉到很多問題。
(戲劇、電影、活動等)吸引大批觀眾
'Blow your head!' is still packing them in at Camden's Jazz Café every Friday night.
每個星期五晚上,“爆頭”樂隊在卡姆登爵士咖啡館仍然人氣十足。
2、make out
(勉強地)辨認出,看出,聽出
I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.
我只依稀看見一個高個的模糊身影穿過了矮樹叢。
She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though.
她覺著聽到了一個名字,卻又沒聽清。
把…弄清楚;理解;明白
I couldn't make it out at all.
我一頭霧水。
It is hard to make out what criteria are used.
很難弄清楚使用的是什么樣的標準。
力圖說成;努力證明
They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it.
他們正在努力證明我真的干過這件事。
I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be.
我覺得這件事并非像大家說的那么了不起。