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(jìn)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。

(如期）發(fā)生；進(jìn)展(順利)

Things just didn't work out as planned.

事情根本沒有按計劃進(jìn)行。

I hope it will work out well.

我希望進(jìn)展順利。

圓滿結(jié)束;完成

People involved in it think it's a nightmare, but I'm sure it will work itself out.

參與者都覺得這是一場噩夢，但我相信其結(jié)局會是圓滿的。

2、chicken out

(由于害怕)退出，臨陣退縮

His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings.

他媽媽抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚會，如婚禮之類的。

I had never ridden on a motorcycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.

那以前我從沒騎過摩托車。不過，想退縮已經(jīng)來不及了。