1、collect

收集;采集

Two young girls were collecting firewood.

兩個小女孩正在拾柴火。

Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project.

伊麗莎白一直在為完成學校的一份課題作業收集蝸牛。

接走;領取;收取

David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays.

戴維總是星期三去學校接阿利斯泰爾。

She had just collected her pension from the post office.

她剛去郵局取了養老金。

籌款，集資;募捐

Are you collecting for charity?

你是在為慈善事業籌款嗎？

They collected donations for a fund to help military families.

他們為一個旨在幫助軍人家屬的基金籌集捐款。

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。