| 单词 | understand |
| 释义 | understand (ʌndəʳstænd ) Word forms: understands , understanding , understood 1. verb [no cont] A1 If you understand someone or understand what they are saying, you know what they mean. I think you heard and also understand me. [VERB noun] Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman. [VERB noun] I don't understand what you are talking about. [VERB wh] He was speaking poor English, trying to make himself understood. [make pron-refl V-ed] 2. verb [no cont] A1 If you understand a language, you know what someone is saying when they are speaking that language. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate. [VERB noun] 3. verb [no cont] B1+ To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do. It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend. [VERB noun] Trish had not exactly understood his feelings. [VERB noun] She understands why I get tired and grumpy. [VERB wh] Synonyms: sympathize with, appreciate, be aware of, be able to see 4. verb [no cont] A2 You say that you understand something when you know why or how it happens. They are too young to understand what is going on. [VERB wh] She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients. [VERB wh] It is worth making the effort to understand how investment trusts work. [VERB noun] 5. verb [no cont] If you understand that something is the case, you think it is true because you have heard or read that it is. You can say that something is understood to be the case to mean that people generally think it is true. We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album. [VERB that] I understand you've heard about David. [VERB that] The idea, as I understand it, is to make science more relevant. [VERB it] The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive] It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack. [be VERB-ed that] Synonyms: believe, hear, learn, gather 6. give someone to understand phrase If someone is given to understand that something is the case, it is communicated to them that it is the case, usually without them being told directly. I am given to understand that he was swearing throughout the game at our fans. 7. do you understand/is that understood convention B2 You can use understand in expressions like do you understand? or is that understood? after you have told someone what you want, to make sure that they have understood you and will obey you. You do not criticize my grandchildren, do you understand? I don't need it, understand? I don't want to hear another word about it. Is that understood, Emma? Quotations: In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarinespeaking of the Fulbright scholarship programme Collocations: understand the workings of As a discipline it enables machinery stakeholders to monitor, assess, predict and generally understand the working of their physical assets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even apparently straightforward problems such as fully understanding the working of a cell, the simplest unit of life, are still way beyond our grasp. Times, Sunday Times This database could potentially help identify the subcomponents and understand the workings of hematopoiesis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If one understood the workings of mantra, then any sounds could be a representative of ultimate reality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As his education at sea commences, he begins to understand the workings of ship politics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 理解 Japanese: 理解する |
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