Learner's definition of KNOWLEDGE
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: information, understanding, or skill that you get from experience or education知识；学识；学问 [noncount]
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She has little/no/some knowledge of fashion/history/cooking.她对时尚/历史/烹饪知之甚少/一无所知/稍有了解。
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He has devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge.他全身心投入对知识的追求。
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a thirst/quest for knowledge对知识的渴望/探求
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a knowledge of carpentry木工技术
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She gained/acquired a thorough knowledge of local customs.她学到/获得了有关当地习俗的全面知识。
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I have a reading knowledge of French [=I can read French], but I can't speak it fluently.我能读懂法语，但说得不流利。
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[noncount] : awareness of something : the state of being aware of something知晓；了解 -
He claimed to have no knowledge of the plan. = He denied all/any knowledge of the plan.他声称完全不知道那个计划。
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Did you have any knowledge of her intentions?你了解她的意图吗？
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The decision was made without my knowledge. [=I did not know about the decision]这个决定是在我不知情的情况下做出的。
common knowledge
: something that many or most people know众所周知的事
public knowledge
: something that people know because it has been reported in the news人所共知
safe/secure in the knowledge
: feeling safe or secure because you know something specified知道…而安心
to someone's knowledge
: according to what someone knows据某人所知 —
usually used in negative statements通常用于否定句 -
“Did anyone arrive late?” “Not to my knowledge.”“有人迟到了吗？”“据我所知没有”。
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No one arrived late to my knowledge. [=I am not aware that anyone arrived late, but it is possible that someone arrived late and I don't know about it]据我所知没人迟到。
to the best of my knowledge
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used to say that you think a statement is true but that there may be something you do not know which makes it untrue据我所知 -
To the best of my knowledge [=as far as I know], everyone arrived on time.据我所知，所有人都是按时到的。
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I answered their questions to the best of my knowledge. [=I gave the best answers I could based on what I knew, but I might have answered differently if I had known something else]我尽我所知回答了他们的问题。