decipher
v[Tn, Tw]
succeed in understanding (a coded message, bad handwriting, etc) 破译(密码); 辩认(潦草字迹)
I can't decipher what is inscribed on the pillar. 我认不出刻在柱子上的是什麽.
(infml 口) Can you decipher her scrawl? 你能辨认出她乱写的是什麽吗?
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.