| 单词 | understanding |
| 释义 | understanding (once / 117 pages) nadj To be understanding is to be sympathetic to someone’s woes. Understanding a concept means you get it. Your understanding might be that your mother will always drive you to school if you miss the bus. The sum of your knowledge of a certain topic, is your understanding of it. This can change, or deepen as you learn more. But being an understanding person doesn't take a lot of studying — it takes opening your heart to appreciate what someone else feels or experiences. If someone says to you, "I thought we had an understanding," you must have done something unexpected. Here, understanding means "an agreement." WORD FAMILYunderstanding: understandingly, understandings+/misunderstand: misunderstanding, misunderstands/misunderstanding: misunderstandings/misunderstood: misunderstoodest/understand: misunderstand, understandable, understanding, understands, understood/understandable: understandability/understood: misunderstood, understoodest, ununderstood USAGE EXAMPLESWhy try to connect when even her own film says true understanding is impossible? New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Tallman said the Kansas City, Kansas, district needs more money because there’s an understanding that it costs more to educate its students. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) For many though, their understanding of “domestic violence” remains limited to its physical manifestations. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the cognitive condition of someone who understands he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect Syn|Hypo|Hyper apprehension, discernment, savvy comprehension an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) self-knowledgean understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities smatteringa slight or superficial understanding of a subject appreciation, grasp, holdunderstanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something graspingunderstanding with difficulty hindsightunderstanding the nature of an event after it has happened brainstorm, brainwave, insightthe clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation realisation, realization, recognitioncoming to understand something clearly and distinctly sensea natural appreciation or ability lightmental understanding as an enlightening experience revelationan enlightening or astonishing disclosure breakthrough, discovery, finda productive insight flasha sudden brilliant understanding knowing a clear and certain mental apprehension 2n the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination Syn|Hyper intellect, reason faculty, mental faculty, module one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind 3n an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion I knew I could count on his understanding Syn|Hyper sympathy disposition, inclination, tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others 4n the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises there was an understanding between management and the workers Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper agreement Articles of Confederation a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens Peace of Westphaliathe peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648 Chemical Weapons Conventiona global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons Geneva Conventionan agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime Lateran Treatythe agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state North Atlantic Treatythe treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO SALT Ithe first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT IIthe second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Treaty of Versaillesthe treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans Missouri Compromisean agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories confederacy, conspiracy a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act fair-trade agreementan agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer covenant(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return unilateral contracta one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise) sale, sales agreementan agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) bargain, dealan agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each working agreementan informal agreement to work together gentlemen's agreementa personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding written agreementa legal document summarizing the agreement between parties submissionan agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter entente, entente cordialea friendly understanding between political powers oral contractan agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation reservationthe written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance settlementa conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it severance agreementan agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave suicide pactan agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time contracta binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law conspiracy of silencea conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event conditional salea sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) execution sale, forced sale, judicial sale, sheriff's salea sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation submissiona legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter compact, concordat, covenanta signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action indentureformal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt obligationa legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply accord, pact, treatya written agreement between two states or sovereigns accommodationa settlement of differences conclusiona final settlement out-of-court settlementresolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court property settlement(matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage accord and satisfactionthe settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt golden handshakea lucrative severance agreement offered to an employee (usually as an incentive to retire) escrowa written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc 5adj characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy an understanding friend Syn perceptive having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment |
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