1、pack in
停止做
I'd just packed in a job the day before.
我前天刚刚辞了工作。
Pack it in. Stop being spiteful.
别闹了,不要恶意伤人。
堆满;挤满;塞满
Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible.
监狱只好拼命往里面塞犯人。
It's kind of a referendum, though a lot of issues are packed in.
这算是全民公决,虽然牵涉到很多问题。
(戏剧、电影、活动等)吸引大批观众
'Blow your head!' is still packing them in at Camden's Jazz Café every Friday night.
每个星期五晚上,“爆头”乐队在卡姆登爵士咖啡馆仍然人气十足。
2、make out
(勉强地)辨认出,看出,听出
I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.
我只依稀看见一个高个的模糊身影穿过了矮树丛。
She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though.
她觉着听到了一个名字,却又没听清。
把…弄清楚;理解;明白
I couldn't make it out at all.
我一头雾水。
It is hard to make out what criteria are used.
很难弄清楚使用的是什么样的标准。
力图说成;努力证明
They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it.
他们正在努力证明我真的干过这件事。
I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be.
我觉得这件事并非像大家说的那么了不起。