worksthout
—phrasal verbwithworkverbuk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
(CALCULATE)
B2
to do acalculationto get ananswerto amathematicalquestion
计算出
We need toworkout thetotalcostof theproject.我们需要算出这项工程的总造价。
- Can youworkout how much eachcardcost?
- I need toworkout how muchtaxI will have topay.
- When weworkedout how much itcostus torunacar, wedecidedtosellit.
(UNDERSTAND)
C2(USusuallyfigure sth out)
tounderstandsomething or tofindtheanswerto something bythinkingabout it
理解；想出
[+ question word]There will be afullinvestigationtoworkoutwhatcausedtheaccident.将进行全面的调查以找出事故发生的原因。
[+ that]Investigatorsneededseveralmonthstoworkoutthatafraudhad beencommitted.调查人员需要几个月的时间才能查出欺诈行为。
- I couldn'tworkout what was going on.
- We'retryingtoworkout how tofinishtheproject.
- I couldn'tworkout what hisexpressionmeant.