hand out 与give out 的区别

give out：

① (PHRASAL VERB) 分发；散发 If you give out a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people.

● There were people at the entrance giving out leaflets. 

有人在入口处散发传单。

② (PHRASAL VERB) 公开，宣布（消息等） If you give out information, you make it known to people.

● He wouldn't give out any information... 

他不愿透露任何消息。

● How often do you give your phone number out? 

你经常把自己的电话告诉别人吗？

③ (PHRASAL VERB) （设备或身体部位）停止运转，停止运行 If a piece of equipment or part of the body gives out, it stops working.

● All machines give out eventually... 

最终，所有的机器都停止了运转。

● One of his lungs gave out entirely. 

他的其中一片肺叶完全不起作用了。

hand out：

① (PHRASAL VERB) 分发;散发 If you hand things out to people, you give one or more to each person in a group.

● One of my jobs was to hand out the prizes... 

我的职责之一是分发奖品。

● Food is still being handed out. 

还在向大家分发食物。

【笔者: hand out 主要是分发的意思，give out 有很多意思，分发；公开，宣布消息；停止运转。】