understand; interpret successfully 理解
Even though the speaker had a strong accent,
Henry could catch on to his story, but Tom couldn't make sense of it at all. 盡管演講者地方口音很重,但是亨利能聽懂他的話,而湯姆卻一點兒也聽不懂。
Can you make sense of what he said?你聽懂他說的話嗎?
I can't make sense of either the Chinese or Korean language,and that's why I can't tell them apart. 我既不懂漢語,也不懂朝鮮語,這就是我分不清這兩種語言的原因。