make head or tail of

make head or tail of

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• 网络弄清楚；了解；懂得

例句

The Village priests had not been able to make head or tail of it and had sent them all to the temple in the town.

村里的牧师不能解释，只好把他们送到城里的寺庙去寻求答案。

It was a game they understood, but an outsider looking on couldn't make head or tail of it.

这是一种只有他们才懂的游戏，而一个旁观的局外人则完全不知首尾。

I can't make head or tail of these instructions.

我对这说明书摸不着头脑。

The letter was so badly written that I cannot make head or tail of them.

那封信写得潦草，弄得我摸不着头脑。

I can't make head or tail of what you are saying.

我一点也弄不明白你在说什么。

Can you make head or tail of her letter?

你能看懂她的信吗？

Pericles assumes that the Athens can not make head or tail of his grand strategy.

伯里克里斯认为：清楚国家大战略来龙去脉的雅典人不多。

I couldn't make head or tail of what she had said.

我根本没有搞清楚她说了什么。

Can you make head or tail of the user's manual for the TV game?

这份电视游戏的使用说明，你看得明白吗？

She'd taken some notes, which she subsequently could not make head or tail of.

她记了一些笔记，但后来连自己也看不懂。