vt.算出,想出,解决,理解 如：can't figure out why he quit his job. 我琢磨不透他为什么要辞掉工作. The boy can't figure out the algebra problems. 这个男孩做不出这道代数题. I can't figure out why he is absent. 我弄不明白他为什么缺席.
work out和figure out都是解答，解决的意思。但work out 比较理性， figure out 比较感性，你看这个句子大概就能理解了：If there is something you can not figure out , time will tell. 其实相似词义的单词，很多时候不能从字面意思去理解，要感性地去认识。
