1. | [t][i] 懂;理解;领会to know or realize the meaning of words, a language, what sb says, etc. |
Can you understand French? 你懂法语吗? | |
Do you understand the instructions? 你懂得这些指令的意思吗? | |
She didn't understand the form she was signing. 她弄不懂她正在签署的表格。 | |
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。 | |
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? | |
I don't understand what he's saying. 我不明白他在说些什么。 |
2. | [t][i] 了解;认识到;明了to know or realize how or why sth happens, how it works or why it is important |
Doctors still don't understand much about the disease. 医生对这种疾病仍了解不多。 | |
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。 | |
I could never understand why she was fired. 我怎么也不明白她为何被解雇。 | |
I just can't understand him taking the money. 我真想不通他为什么会偷钱。 | |
I just can't understand his taking the money. 我真想不通他为什么会偷钱。 | |
He was the first to understand that we live in a knowledge economy. 他最早认识到我们正处于知识经济的时代。 |
3. | [t][i] 了解;谅解;体谅to know sb's character, how they feel and why they behave in the way they do |
Nobody understands me. 没有人了解我。 | |
He doesn't understand women at all. 他根本就不了解女性。 | |
They understand what I have been through. 他们对我的遭遇很同情。 | |
I quite understand that you need some time alone. 我很理解你需要独自静一会。 | |
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。 | |
I quite understand you needing some time alone. 我很理解你需要独自静一会。 |
4. | [t] 得知;据信;认为to think or believe that sth is true because you have been told that it is |
I understand (that) you wish to see the manager. 我听说您想见经理。 | |
Am I to understand that you refuse? 你是告诉我你拒绝了? | |
The Prime Minister is understood to have been extremely angry about the report. 据说首相对这份报告大为恼火。 | |
It is understood that the band are working on their next album. 据说这个乐队正在录制他们的下一张专辑。 |
5. | [t] it is understood that… 默认;默许;不言而喻to agree sth with sb without it needing to be said |
I thought it was understood that my expenses would be paid. 我原以为对方已同意支付我的费用。 |
6. | [t][usupass] ~ sth 领会;清楚;推断出to realize that a word in a phrase or sentence is not expressed and to supply it in your mind |
In the sentence ‘I can't drive’, the object ‘a car’ is understood. 在 I can't drive 一句中,可推测出宾语 a car 被省略了。 |