it took them nearly one month to figure out how to start machine
问题描述：
it took them nearly one month to figure out how to start machine
请问这句话的意思,figure out是想出的意思吧.
答
他们花了近一个月的时间去弄懂如何启动这个机器.
figure out意思可以很宽泛,好像“解决”、“弄懂”、“想出”之类的意思都可以.如果你想说这里是“想出”也行,那就翻译成“想出如何启动这个机器的方法.”