1、work out

想出，得到(解決方法);解(謎)

Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.

談判人員定于今天晚些時候進行會談，商定一個折中方案。

It took me some time to work out what was causing this.

我花了一些時間才弄清此事的起因。

計算出，解出（數學題答案）

It is proving hard to work out the value of bankrupt firms' assets.

清算破產公司的資產值其實很困難。

When asked what a ￡40.35 meal for five people would cost each diner, they were unable to work it out.

問到5個人吃一頓飯花了40.35英鎊，每人要出多少錢時，他們算不出來。

(如期）發生；進展(順利)

Things just didn't work out as planned.

事情根本沒有按計劃進行。

I hope it will work out well.

我希望進展順利。

2、explanation

解釋;說明

She told the court she would give a full explanation of the prosecution's decision on Monday.

她告訴法庭她會在星期一對原告方的決定作出全面解釋。

There was a hint of schoolboy shyness in his explanation.

他的解釋中帶有一絲學生的羞澀。

理由；原因

The deputy airport manager said there was no apparent explanation for the crash.

機場副經理說那次飛機失事沒有明顯的原因。

Digging further into the medical literature, I found out there was a scientific explanation for all this.

進一步翻閱醫學文獻后我發現，這些都是有科學解釋的。