*sweat¹/swɛt; swet/ v 1 [I] to have liquid coming out through your skin, especially when you are hot or nervous; PERSPIRE 出汗，冒汗: As he approached the customs post he began to sweat. 他走近海关检查站时，开始出汗了。 2 [I] informal to work hard 【非正式】 拼命工作: I sweated all night to get the report finished. 我拼命干了一整夜，把报告赶出来。
sweat sth ↔ out to continue in an unpleasant situation and wait anxiously for it to end 焦急地等到底，坚持到底: We had to sweat it out until they arrived. 我们只得焦急地等到他们来。