1、check out

结账退房;结账离开(诊所);给…办理结账手续

They packed and checked out of the hotel.

他们收拾好东西，办理了退房手续。

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

我非常失望没有见着布赖恩，他刚退房走了。

了解清楚;核实;查实

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

或许我们应该去趟图书馆，查个明白。

We ought to check him out on the computer.

我们理应在电脑上查清他的资料。

经证实是对的;符合要求

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

詹森遇害的那个周末她在圣迭戈，后经查证情况属实。

Everything checks out.

查过了，一切正常。

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。