work it out

基本解释

CAOCAO: Well...I've been working it out and I think 6 to 8.
草草：恩。我已经计算过了，我认为是6到8人。
You've got to find in every situation that confronts you, the best, the easiest and the quickest way of working it out.
在面对任何情况的时候你都必须发现最优秀、最简单、最快捷的解决方式。
But I loved the sense of discovery, of working it out as we went along – despite our best intentions, nothing had really prepared us for the different challenges, tribulations and pleasures.
然而，我喜欢探索，喜欢一边摸索一边解决问题。尽管怀着最好的愿望，但我们对于面对这些不同的挑战，艰辛和乐趣，却从未真正做过什么准备。

"I've always loved working with the robots. And when I first started it was a challenge working with the robots, understanding how they worked and figuring them out.
Somebody say it real loud. Yes, the system is working on the surroundings, right? It's pushing out against them.
有人很大声的回答了，对，系统在对外做功，他把外界向外推开。
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And yeah, it takes a long time to get good at it. A lot of fitness, too. A lot of working out.
要想划得熟练需要时间。体能也要好。再加上大量的锻炼。
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She hired a law firm, Mintz Levin of Boston, to represent her in talks with her father, instead of working it out with him personally.
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