learn
/lɜːn/verb
(past and past participle learned 或 <主英> learnt) with obj.
1
- gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught学习, 学会：
they'd started learning French
他们开始学法语
with infinitive she is learning to play the piano她在学弹钢琴
no obj. we learn from experience.我们从经验中学习。
1.1
- commit to memory背, 记诵：
I'd learned too many grim poems in school.
我在学校背过太多压抑的诗篇。
1.2
- become aware of (something) by information or from observation得知, 获悉：
with clause I learned that they had eaten already我得知他们已经吃过饭了
no obj. the trading standards office learned of the illegal network.贸易标准局得知了那非法网络。
2
- archaic or informal teach (someone)〈古, 或非正式〉教导（某人）：
'that'll learn you, ' he chuckled
“这会教训你,"他咯咯笑着说
with obj. and infinitive we'll have to learn you to milk cows.我们得教你挤牛奶。
USAGE
In modern standard English it is wrong to use learn to mean teach, as in that'll learn you （correct use is that'll teach you）. This meaning has been recorded since the 13th century and has been used by writers such as Spenser, Bunyan, and Samuel Johnson, but it fell into disfavour in the early 19th century and is now found only in non-standard and dialect use.
短语
learn one's lesson
- 见LESSON.
派生词
learnability
nounlearnable
adjective词源
Old English leornian 'learn' （in Middle English also 'teach'）， of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to LORE1 .