| 单词 | knowledge |
| 释义 | knowl·edge I. 1. obsolete 2. obsolete II. 1. obsolete a. b. 2. a. (1) < a thorough knowledge of life and its problems > < has a fair knowledge of the people of that country > < a remarkable knowledge of human nature > (2) < knowledge of advanced mathematics > < has little knowledge of the techniques of drawing and painting > < a knowledge of foreign languages > b. (1) < was elated by knowledge of their success > < the knowledge that it was really important > < his knowledge of what she had had to endure > (2) < said that to the best of his knowledge the matter had not yet been attended to > c. < intellective knowledge > < the nature of knowledge > : comprehension, understanding < intuitive knowledge > < proceeding from the lower to the higher degrees of knowledge > d. < a man of great knowledge > < always seeking after more and more knowledge > 3. archaic 4. a. < adding to the vast store of knowledge > < all branches of knowledge > b. archaic Synonyms: < a knowledge of languages > < a knowledge of the habits of snakes > < a knowledge of modern chemistry > < to benefit by the accumulated knowledge of centuries > science still sometimes interchanges with knowledge but commonly applies to a body of systematized knowledge comprising facts carefully gathered and general truths carefully inferred from them, often underlying a practice, usually connoting exactness, and often denoting knowledge of unquestionable certainty < must bear in mind that geographic discovery also is science, and it was a scientific theory that impelled the venture of Columbus — I.M.Price > < the defense of nations had become a science and a calling — T.B.Macaulay > < the science of administration — A.S.Link > < the art of feeding preceded the science of nutrition by many centuries — F.B.Hadley > < the diagnosis of disease is no longer primarily guesswork but rather a science > learning applies to knowledge gained by study, often long and careful and sometimes connoting comprehensiveness and profundity < to expose children to as much learning as possible > < a full, rich, human book, packed with information lightly dispensed and fortified with learning easily worn — Honor Tracy > < a man of great and profound learning but little common sense > erudition usually stresses wide, profound, or recondite learning, sometimes suggesting pedantry < often flabbergast their elders with their erudition — a scholarly but lively sense of words, a sound background in history and economics, the ability to translate or even to speak two or three foreign languages — Stanley Walker > < all the encyclopedic erudition of the middle ages — J.L.Lowes > < balancing an immense load of erudition upon a precarious foundation of fact — Times Literary Supplement > scholarship implies the learning, careful mastery of detail, especially of a given field, and the critical acumen characteristic of a good scholar < the immense and rapidly expanding scholarship not only in psychology but in history, sociology, and anthropology as well, which illuminates the study of the family — Lynn White > < unusually equipped in both scientific and classical scholarship in addition to his command of his own field, a brilliant and powerful lecturer — E.S.Bates > < his learning and general scholarship were universally recognized, and in his special sphere of law he had no peer in this country — T.D.Bacon > information generally applies to knowledge, commonly accepted as true, of a factual kind usually gathered from others or from books < this book, packed with information of the life and movements of big game — Times Literary Supplement > < to seek information about a man from friends and credit records > < a book of information about early river boats > lore suggests special, often arcane, knowledge, usually of a traditional, anecdotal character and of a particular subject < fairy lore > < one of the most bizarre occurrences in railroad lore — Bennett Cerf > < bird lore > < taught the lore of medicinal herbs — American Guide Series: Louisiana > |
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