1、check out

結賬退房;結賬離開(診所);給…辦理結賬手續

They packed and checked out of the hotel.

他們收拾好東西，辦理了退房手續。

I was disappointed to miss Bryan, who had just checked out.

我非常失望沒有見著布賴恩，他剛退房走了。

了解清楚;核實;查實

Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out.

或許我們應該去趟圖書館，查個明白。

We ought to check him out on the computer.

我們理應在電腦上查清他的資料。

經證實是對的;符合要求

She was in San Diego the weekend Jensen got killed. It checked out.

詹森遇害的那個周末她在圣迭戈，后經查證情況屬實。

Everything checks out.

查過了，一切正常。

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。