| 词组 | work out |
| 释义 | work out 1. work out sth • work sth out to calculate the answer to a problem that involves numbers, amounts, prices etc: ▪ "How much will all the building work cost?" "I haven't worked out the exact figures yet." ▪ Francis sat down to work out how much of his salary he would have to save each year. ■ SIMILAR TO: calculate 2. work out sth • work sth out to think carefully about something in order to decide what you should do or how you should do it: ▪ Rod's spent over an hour working out the best route to take. ▪ UN negotiators were busy working out a way to end the dispute. + what/where/how etc ▪ We know what we're aiming at, but we still have to work out how to put it into practice. have it all worked out (=have completely planned how you are going to do something) ▪ I have no idea how to do this, but Sid says he has it all worked out. 3. work out sth • work sth out especially BrE to succeed in understanding something by thinking carefully about it + what/why/how etc ▪ She finally managed to work out how to switch the machine on. ▪ There was obviously something wrong, but I couldn't work out what it was. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑figure out, ↑suss out spoken, especially BrE work sb out BrE to understand someone's character or why they behave as they do: ▪ Don looked at her, puzzled. He was still trying to work this girl out. can't work sb out ▪ I can't work Geoff out, one day he's friendly and the next he ignores me completely. ■ SIMILAR TO: make sb out, figure sb out 4. work out if the cost of something works out at a particular amount, that is what it costs when you calculate the figures + at ▪ At the end of the evening, the meal worked out at $15 each. + to be ▪ The total cost of advertising works out to be about $900 million annually. work out expensive/cheap etc (=be expensive or cheap) ▪ If we go by taxi, it's going to work out very expensive. 5. work out if something works out, it is successful: ▪ The marriage didn't work out, and we split up after two years. ▪ About three years ago, I made a decision to open a restaurant, and luckily for me it's all worked out perfectly. 6. work out if a situation works out in a particular way, it happens or develops in that way work out well/badly etc ▪ Financially, things have worked out very well for us. ▪ At the time, the situation seemed hopeless, but in the end it all worked out fine. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑turn out 7. work out to do physical exercises, especially regularly, in order to make your body fit and strong: ▪ I've started to work out in the gym two or three times a week. workout n C a period of physical exercise or training: ▪ Then we went and had a shower and breakfast, just what we needed after a good workout. 8. work itself out if a problem or a difficult situation works itself out, it gradually becomes less and less difficult until it stops existing: ▪ There are always problems when you start something new like this, but they usually work themselves out in time. ■ SIMILAR TO: resolve itself 9. be worked out if a mine is worked out, all the coal, gold etc has been removed from it. A mine is a place where coal, gold etc is dug out of the ground.: ▪ The mine, which is in the Forest of Dean, is almost worked out now, after 700 years of use. ■ SIMILAR TO: be exhausted 10. work out your notice/your contract to continue to do your job until the end of a fixed period of time that you had agree to work: ▪ She's resigned, but she still has to work out her three months' notice. |
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