- 词义辨析
make oneself understood, make sb understand
这两个短语意思不同:make oneself understood表示“使自己被人理解”, make sb understand则表示“使某人理解”。例如:
Can he make himself understood in Eng- lish?
他能用英语表达自己的意思吗?
I tried to make him understand the mean- ing of the word.
我曾尽力使他理解这个词的意思。
understand, appreciate, comprehend, see
这组词都有“明白”或“理解”的意思。它们的区别在于：
1.see的基本意思可指一般视觉的“看见”,也可指有意识地“观察”,引申可表示由观察而“领会”“理解”。
2.comprehend指用智力充分而完全地理解事物的内在含义。例如:
The child read the story but didn't comprehend its full meaning.那孩子看了这篇故事,但没有理解它的全部意思。
If you can use a word correctly and effectively you comprehend it.如果你能正确、有效地使用一个词,你就是了解它了。
3.understand则是明白别人说的话,完全了解某种事实。例如:
My wife doesn't understand me.我的妻子不理解我。
I've read the letter but I don't understand it.这封信我已经看过了,可是看不懂。
4.appreciate指对某物有较深的理解能力,强调“欣赏”。例如:
She appreciated a work of art.她欣赏一件艺术品。
I am incapable of appreciating classical music.我不会欣赏古典音乐。
understand, know, learn
这组词都有“了解”的意思。它们的区别是:know指对某一事物的直接了解或通过体验、传授获得知识; learn意为“听说”“得知”,强调对某一具体事物从“不知”到“知”的变化; understand指对某事物的性质、规律、意义等都十分了解,而且还指了解它所包含的其他意义和关系,其程度要比know了解得更深、更广。例如:
How had he learned that secret?他怎么得知这个秘密的?
They were greatly surprised to learn the news.听到这个消息,他们都很吃惊。
Do you understand the difficulty of my position?你了解我处境的困难吗?
- 速记技巧
组合记忆法
understand由under和stand组成的复合词。站在某事物下面（里面）意味着离它最近、对它比较了解。
词根词缀法
under-，来自inter-变体，在里面（下面，内部），词源同interact（相互交流、相互影响）同源。stand：站立，立场，即站在里面的，同一立场的。引申词义理解，懂得。
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 知识拓展
单词扩展
isunderstanding n.误解
重要短语
do you understand你能理解吗？
come to understand开始明白；开始了解
- 双语例句 更多例句
You have to explain it in terms that the man on the Clapham omnibus would understand.
你必须用老百姓能理解的语言来解释这事.
《简明英汉词典》
With his owlish face, it is easy to understand why he was called "The Professor".
看看那张严肃而又睿智的猫头鹰脸，就不难理解他为什么被称为“教授”了。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
A baby can only receive sense impressions, but it can not understand them.
婴儿只能接受感官方面的印象, 而不能理解.
《用法词典》
I can't understand a word you're saying. Can't you speak the Queen's English?
你说的我一个字也不明白,你不会说标准英语 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- 相关词组
- easy to read and understand浅显；浅显的;
- Reviewing the past helps one to understand the present温故知新
- understand thoroughly洞达；洞彻；洞悉无遗；达;
- be too young and unable to understand how people should behave少不更事
- to understand理解；了解；懂得
- hard to understand艰深晦涩;
- clearly understand明了;
- understand one anotherv.相互了解
- do you understand你能理解吗？;
- understand by insight意会;
- give sb. to understandv.通知某人，使某人领会;
- difficult to understand深文奥义；莫测高深；艰深；艰深的;
- come to understand开始了解
- thoroughly understand通晓;
- not fully understand似懂非懂;
- not completely understand不完全理解；半懂不懂
- do not quite understand不甚了了;
- let him understand让他明白
- not to understand things不知天高地厚;
- understand fully弄清;
- 今日热词
- 热门搜索
- equilibrium n.平衡;均衡;均势;(心情、情绪)平静，安宁;心理平衡
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- ha int.（表示惊讶、欢乐、怀疑等）哈，嘿;
- surface n.表面，表层;台面，操作台;外表;v.浮出水面;公开;露面;
- donate v.赠送;捐献;
- gaiety n.快乐;高兴;作乐;花哨;
- best regards 诚挚的问候;最好的祝福;致敬;
- emergency n.突发事件;紧急情况adj.紧急情况下的;应急的;
- ket n.态矢，刃;
- no body 没有人
- run away with me 跟我走吧
- another adj. 又一个;再一个;另一的;其他一种;pron. 另一个，别个;再一个;
