英汉词典

understand 基本解释

• vt. 理解；懂；获悉；推断；省略
• vi. 理解；懂得；熟悉

understand 词态变化

understand 中文词源

词源理解存争议。under-, 来自inter-变体，在里面，词源同interact, undertake,stand, 站立，立场，即站在里面的，同一立场的。引申词义理解，懂得。

understand 英文词源

understand

understand: [OE] The compound verb understand was formed in the centuries immediately preceding the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain. It is composed, of course, of under and stand, and the semantic link between ‘standing under’ something and ‘knowing about’ it may be ‘being close to’ it.

understand (v.)

Old English understandan "comprehend, grasp the idea of," probably literally "stand in the midst of," from under + standan "to stand" (see stand (v.)). If this is the meaning, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *nter- "between, among" (cognates: Sanskrit antar "among, between," Latin inter "between, among," Greek entera "intestines;" see inter-). Related: Understood; understanding.

That is the suggestion in Barnhart, but other sources regard the "among, between, before, in the presence of" sense of Old English prefix and preposition under as other meanings of the same word. "Among" seems to be the sense in many Old English compounds that resemble understand, such as underniman "to receive," undersecan "examine, investigate, scrutinize" (literally "underseek"), underðencan "consider, change one's mind," underginnan "to begin." It also seems to be the sense still in expressions such as under such circumstances.

Perhaps the ultimate sense is "be close to;" compare Greek epistamai "I know how, I know," literally "I stand upon." Similar formations are found in Old Frisian (understonda), Middle Danish (understande), while other Germanic languages use compounds meaning "stand before" (German verstehen, represented in Old English by forstanden "understand," also "oppose, withstand"). For this concept, most Indo-European languages use figurative extensions of compounds that literally mean "put together," or "separate," or "take, grasp" (see comprehend). Old English oferstandan, Middle English overstonden, literally "over-stand" seem to have been used only in literal senses. For "to stand under" in a physical sense, Old English had undergestandan.

understand 英文释义

1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of;

"She did not understand her husband"

"I understand what she means"

2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally;

"Now I see!"

"I just can't see your point"

"Does she realize how important this decision is?"

"I don't understand the idea"

3. make sense of a language;

"She understands French"

"Can you read Greek?"

4. believe to be the case;

"I understand you have no previous experience?"

5. be understanding of;

"You don't need to explain--I understand!"

understand 同义词解析

know, learn, comprehend, understand

这些动词都含"懂，知道，明了"之意。

know： 普通用词，多指通过学习、经验或他人传播而得到知识，含直接知道的意味。

learn： 通常指通过他人而获得消息或情况，侧重从不知到知的变化过程。

comprehend： 侧重熟悉了解的过程。

understand： 指对事物已有彻底的认识，不仅知其性质、含义和细节，而且了解其内外的关系。

understand, comprehend, appreciate, apprehend, grasp

这些动词均有"理解"之意。

understand： 指对事物已有彻底的认识，不仅知其性质、含义和细节，而且了解其内外的关系。

comprehend： 较正式用词，指对较复杂的事物能透彻理解其意义。

appreciate： 语气较弱，指对某事物或意义有充分的理解。着重有能力领悟或觉察。

apprehend： 指知道某事物或某观念的大概意义，但未能理解其内涵意义，暗含一知半解意味。

grasp： 从本义抓紧、抓住，引申作"理解、掌握"。

understand 双语例句

1. It was clear Cohen didn't understand what Millard was driving at.

看得出科恩并不明白米勒德想说什么。

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2. I thought, "Here'ssomeone who'll understand me." So I wrote to her.

我想：“这个人会理解我的。”于是开始给她写信。

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3. "Please understand this," she began, a tremble in her voice.

“请理解这一点，”她开始说道，声音有些发颤。

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4. What I did for you was free, gratis, you understand?

我为你所做的一切都是免费的，无偿的，你明白吗？

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5. "I can understand how you feel," Desmond said with great reasonableness.

“我能理解你的感受，”德斯蒙德很通情达理地说。

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understand 实用场景例句

Can you understand French?

你懂法语吗？

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Do you understand the instructions?

你懂得这些指令的意思吗？

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She didn't understand the form she was signing.

她弄不懂她正在签署的表格。

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I'm not sure that I understand. Go over it again.

我不敢说我搞懂了。请再来一遍吧。

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I don't want you doing that again. Do you understand?

我不许你再这样做。你听明白了吗？

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I don't understand what he's saying.

我不明白他在说些什么。

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Doctors still don't understand much about the disease.

医生对这种疾病还了解不多。

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No one is answering the phone─I can't understand it.

没人接电话，我不知道是怎么回事。

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I could never understand why she was fired.

我怎么也不明白她为何被解雇。

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I just can't understand him taking the money.

我真想不通他为什么会偷钱。

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(formal)I just can't understand his taking the money.

我真想不通他为什么会偷钱。

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Nobody understands me.

没有人了解我。

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He doesn't understand women at all.

他根本就不了解女性。

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They understand what I have been through.

他们对我的遭遇很同情。

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I quite understand that you need some time alone.

我很理解你需要独自静一会。

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I quite understand you needing some time alone.

我很理解你需要独自静一会。

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If you want to leave early, I'm sure he'll understand.

如果你想早些离开，我相信他会体谅的。

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I understand (that) you wish to see the manager.

我听说您想见经理。

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I think you heard and also understand me...

我想你听到了我的话，也明白我的意思。

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Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman...

拉斯蒂点点头，好像听懂了那位老妇人的话似的。

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I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.

我根本不懂意第绪语，所以请他来翻译。

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It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend...

要是有个真正理解我的人、有个朋友就好了。

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Trish had not exactly understood his feelings...

特里希并没有完全理解他的感受。

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They are too young to understand what is going on...

他们还太小，不明白发生了什么事。

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She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients...

她不明白为什么病人不能看电视。

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We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album...

我们听说她正在录音棚录制她的第二张专辑。

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I understand you've heard about David...

我知道你们已经听说了戴维的事了。

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I am given to understand that he was swearing throughout the game at our fans.

我得知整场比赛中他一直冲着我方球迷骂个不停。

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You do not hit my grandchildren, do you understand?...

你不准打我的孙子孙女，明白吗？

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I don't need it, understand?...

我不需要，懂吗？

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