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VERB never progressive |
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/ˌʌndəˈstænd/ |
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1 | I/T to know what someone or something means 理解;懂得;明白 |
| If you don’ t understand, just put your hand up. 如果你们不懂,就请举手。 |
| The instructions were difficult to understand. 这些指令很难懂。 |
| I don’ t understand a word you’ re saying. 你说的我一个字也听不懂。 |
| Luke nodded as if he understood perfectly. 卢克点点头,似乎完全明白了。 |
| +what/where/whether etc I don’ t quite understand where you want me to put it. 我不太明白你要我把它放在什么地方。 |
| 1a | to know what something spoken or written in a particular language means 懂(某种语言) | | I’ m sorry, I don’ t understand French. 对不起,我不懂法语。 | |
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2 | I/T to know how or why something happens, or what effect or influence something has 了解;认识到;意识到 |
| Do they fully understand the implications of their decision? 他们完全认识到自己所作决定的含意了吗? |
| +how/why/what etc We are only beginning to understand how the brain functions. 我们才开始了解大脑是怎样工作的。 |
| +(that) Please try to understand that we want the best for you. 你要知道我们都是为你好。 |
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3 | I/T to know how someone feels or why someone does something , as a result of experience or by imagining what it must be like to be them 了解,理解(某人的感受或动机) |
| He says his wife doesn’ t understand him. 他说他的妻子不理解他。 |
| I understand your concern, but the operation is completely safe. 我了解你担心什么,但手术是完全没有危险的。 |
| I can understand your reluctance to talk about what happened. 我能理解你为什么不愿谈发生的一切。 |
| +how/why/what Does she understand why he doesn’ t want to see her? 她明白他为什么不想见她吗? |
| understand sb/sb’ s doing sth I can understand him not inviting Joan and Graham (=understand why he does not invite them) . 我能理解他为什么没邀请琼和格雷厄姆。 |
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4 | T formal to believe that something is true because you have heard or read it somewhere 听说;得知;获悉 |
| +that We understand that a major announcement is to be made tomorrow. 我们听说明天有重要消息要宣布。 |
| be understood to do sth Mr Lang is understood to favour more traditional teaching methods. 据悉兰先生喜欢使用更传统的教学方法。 |
| it is understood that It is understood that £2.5 million has been set aside to develop the scheme. 据说已留出250万英镑来发展该计划。 |
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5 | T usually passive linguistics to recognize that a word or phrase is missing in a sentence and that you have to imagine that it is there 省略 |
| The object of the verb is understood with words such as ‘to smoke’ and ‘to read’ . 诸如 to smoke 和to read 等动词的宾语都省略了。 |
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- | be understood |
| to be agreed without having to be discussed |
| 被认为是理所当然的 |
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| +that I thought it was understood that you were going to help. 我认为你理所当然会帮忙的。 |
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- | (do you) understand? spoken |
| used for emphasizing that someone should do what you are telling them |
| 听懂了吗?听清楚了没有?(用于强调要按照所说的去做) |
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| Don’ t ever try that again! Do you understand? 不要再干那种事了!知道吗? |
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- | give sb to understand (that) formal |
| to tell someone something , or to make them think that something is true |
| 告诉某人;使某人相信 |
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| She’ s been asking to see you, or so I’ ve been given to understand. 她一直请求要见你,或者说我是这么理解的。 |
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- | (is that) understood? spoken |
| used for emphasizing, especially in a threatening way , that someone should do what you are telling them |
| 听懂了吗?听清楚了没有?(用于强调,尤指威胁某人应该按照所说的去做) |
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| No one is to leave before five. Is that understood? 5点以前谁也不许离开,听清楚了没有? |
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- | make yourself understood |
| to know enough of another language to be able to deal with ordinary situations |
| (可用某一外语)表达自己的意思 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | Understanding something is like seeing it. If it is easy to understand, it is easy to see. | | 理解某事物就像看见(seeing)某事物。如果容易理解,也就容易看见。 | | I see what you mean.我明白你的意思。 I saw through him at once: I knew he was lying.我一下就看穿了他:我知道他在撒谎。 They recognized the fact that they needed to improve.他们意识到他们需要改进。 She has great insight and will know what to do.她有很强的洞察力,知道该怎么做。 I could not foresee what would happen.我无法预见将会发生什么。 He’ s very clear-sighted.他很有眼力。 There was a change in the public perception of education.公众的教育观念发生了变化。 The answer is very obvious.答案非常明显。 I’ m unclear about what they did next.我不清楚他们接下来干了什么。 She had a clear understanding of what was involved.她很清楚其中涉及了什么事。 Their motives are transparent.他们的动机显而易见。 How did you know? You must have read my mind.你怎么知道的?你一定是看穿了我的心思。 I can read him like a book.我能看透他的心思。 They turned a blind eye to what was happening there.他们假装没看见那儿正在发生的事情。 | | Understanding something is like holding or touching it. | | 理解某事物就像握住(holding)或触摸(touching)某事物。 | | She has a good grasp of Japanese.她精通日语。 I need to get to grips with the subject.我需要开始对付这个问题了。 I’ m still grappling with the basics.我仍在努力解决基本性的问题。 I couldn’ t put my finger on it, but there was definitely something wrong.我不能准确地指出来,但肯定是有问题。 You’ ve certainly got your finger on the pulse.你的消息确实很灵通。 Such abstract concepts can be very slippery.这些抽象的概念会很难把握。 It’ s quite a difficult idea to get hold of.这是个很难理解的想法。 | | See also ->intelligence | | See also ->knowledge | | See also ->mind | | |
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