- 发汗治(感冒等)：
Feeling a cold coming on, you could get into bed and sweat it out.
感冒初起时，你可以上床去出一身汗，感冒就好了。
- 辛苦工作以求达到(目的)：
He sweated out one novel after another.
他不辞辛劳地写出了一部又一部小说。
- 心情焦虑地等待(或忍受)：
The train won't come till 11 at night. We'll have to sweat it out for 3 hours.
火车要到夜间11点才到，我们还得耐着性子等上三个小时。
to sweat out one's jail
忍受囚禁生活
- [俚语]吃力地完成(或获得)；艰苦地争取：
I sweated out the conversation with him for 2 hours.
我有如芒刺在身地和他谈了两个小时的话。
to sweat out an opera ticket
费了九牛二虎之力搞到一张歌剧票
- [美国俚语]强忍着喝下：
to sweat out a bowl of Japenese soup
强忍着喝下一碗日式汤