1、survive

生存;存活;幸存

the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours...

致使這 8 個(gè)小學(xué)生在冰冷的海水里掙扎求生四個(gè)多小時(shí)的一連串事件

Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive.

最適宜該環(huán)境的微生物將會(huì)存活下來(lái)。

挺過(guò);艱難度過(guò)

On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'

我第一天到這兒時(shí)就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺過(guò)去呢?”

people who are struggling to survive without jobs.

艱難度日的失業(yè)者

幸存;幸免于難;留存

When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive.

引入市場(chǎng)經(jīng)濟(jì)后，許多工廠將面臨倒閉。

The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.

行星躲過(guò)超新星爆發(fā)的幾率總是十分渺茫。

2、make out

（勉強(qiáng)地）辨認(rèn)出，看出，聽(tīng)出

I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.

我只依稀看見(jiàn)一個(gè)高個(gè)的模糊身影穿過(guò)了矮樹(shù)叢。

She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though.

她覺(jué)著聽(tīng)到了一個(gè)名字，卻又沒(méi)聽(tīng)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(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

力圖說(shuō)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(guò)這件事。

I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be.

我覺(jué)得這件事并非像大家說(shuō)的那么了不起。