pan out
pan out — 片語動詞
- pan outbase form
- pans out3rd person singular
- panning out-ing form
- panned outpast simple
1. to end or progress in some manner — usually said about a plan, project, or situa
發展；成功
以特定方式發展或獲得成功
to end or progress in some manner — usually said about a plan, project, or situation whose outcome is being watched or waited for, especially when asking if it succeeds or fails.
Felipe's food-truck plan did not pan out because he could not get a permit.
Felipe 的餐車計畫沒有成功，因為他拿不到營業許可證。
usually in negative: didn't pan out
Maeve was not sure how the interview would pan out, so she kept applying for jobs.
Maeve 不確定面試結果會如何發展，所以她持續投遞履歷。
interrogative: how something will pan out
Devika hoped her new sales strategy would pan out, and profits rose by thirty percent.
Devika 希望新的銷售策略能有成果，結果利潤成長了百分之三十。
pan out with positive result + time period
After six months of work, the mining project panned out exactly as Nia had guessed.
經過六個月的努力，採礦計畫的結果完全如 Nia 所預測的一樣順利。
pan out + adverb (exactly)
- not pan out
- pan out well
- pan out exactly
- how something pans out
- plan pans out
- fall through
specifically of plans or arrangements that fail to materialise
- flop
informal; a plan or performance that completely fails
文法句型
pan out
not pan out
pan out + adverb (well / badly / exactly)
用法筆記
Frequently used in negative sentences (didn't pan out) or questions (will it pan out?) to express doubt about success. In the positive form, it often carries a sense of relief that something worked after a period of uncertainty.