comprehend

动词 v.
/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/    /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd/|/kɔmpɹɪˈhend/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. transitive
    — I just can't comprehend how someone could be a butcher and vegetarian at the same time.
  2. To include, comprise; to contain. archaic
    — And lothly mouth, unmeete a mouth to bee, / That nought but gall and venim comprehended […].

词形变化

comprehends present,singular,third-person comprehending participle,present comprehended participle,past comprehended past

词源

From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”). Doublet of comprend.
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