com·pre·hen·sion
noun/ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃn/
/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhenʃn/
- [uncountable] the ability to understand
理解力；领悟能力 - speech and comprehension
说话能力和理解力 - beyond comprehension His behaviour was completely beyond comprehension (= impossible to understand).
他的行为完全无法理解。 - She had no comprehension of what was involved.
她不明白所涉及的事情。
Extra Examples- He showed a total lack of comprehension.
他显得完全没有理解。 - She has no comprehension of the seriousness of the situation.
她丝毫不了解形势的严峻。 - The level of violence used defies comprehension.
使用暴力的程度让人难以置信。 - Why he can't do it himself is beyond my comprehension.
我不理解他为什么自己不能做。 - He looked at her with a total lack of comprehension.
他全然不解地望着她。 - The task requires a good comprehension of complex instructions.
这项任务要求对复杂的指令有良好的领悟力。 - There are exercises for checking comprehension.
有测验理解力的练习。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- have
- defy
- check
- …
- skills
- beyond (somebody’s) comprehension
- without comprehension
- a lack of comprehension
- speech and comprehension
- [uncountable, countable] an exercise that trains students to understand a language
（语言学习中的）理解练习（或训练） - We did a listening comprehension.
我们做了一次听力练习。 - a reading comprehension
阅读理解练习
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- listening
- reading
- do
- test
- question
- skills
- …
- We did a listening comprehension.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French compréhension or Latin comprehensio(n-), from the verb comprehendere ‘seize, comprise’, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.