1、collect

收集;采集

Two young girls were collecting firewood.

两个小女孩正在拾柴火。

Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project.

伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。

接走;领取;收取

David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays.

戴维总是星期三去学校接阿利斯泰尔。

She had just collected her pension from the post office.

她刚去邮局取了养老金。

筹款，集资;募捐

Are you collecting for charity?

你是在为慈善事业筹款吗？

They collected donations for a fund to help military families.

他们为一个旨在帮助军人家属的基金筹集捐款。

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。