appreciate
/əˈpriːʃɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
1
- recognize the full worth of认识到…的全部价值; 赏识; 重视; 欣赏：
she feels that he does not appreciate her.
她觉得他并不赏识她。
1.1
- be grateful for (something)为…表示感谢：
I'd appreciate any information you could give me.
如果你能向我提供信息, 我会感激不尽。
2
- understand (a situation) fully; recognize the full implications of充分理解（境况）; 充分意识到：
they failed to appreciate the pressure he was under
他们没能充分理解他所承受的压力
with clause I appreciate that you cannot be held totally responsible.你不应承担全部责任, 这我能理解。
3
- no obj. rise in value or price价格上涨; 价值提升：
they expected the house to appreciate in value.
他们期望房屋增值。
派生词
appreciative
/-ʃɪətɪv/ adjectiveappreciatively
adverbappreciativeness
nounappreciator
nounappreciatory
/-ʃɪətərɪ/ adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin appretiat- 'set at a price， appraised'， from the verb appretiare, from ad- 'to' + pretium 'price'.