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单词 comprehend
释义 com·pre·hend
\|kämprə̇|hend, -rē|-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp, seize — more at prehensile
1. : to see the nature, significance, or meaning of : grasp mentally : attain to the knowledge of
 < comprehend where her duties lie >
 < stumbled through the brown book, not … comprehending what it meant — Rudyard Kipling >
2. : to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount often as a part, item, concomitant, or factor : embrace
 < a magnificent view comprehending all the upper half of the floor of the valley — John Muir †1914 >
 < for philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand — H.O.Taylor >
3. : to take in or include by construction or implication : comprise, imply
 < and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself — Rom 13:9 (Authorized Version) >
4. obsolete : grasp, seize, attain
Synonyms: see include, understand
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