understand

动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˌʌndəˈstænd/|[ˌʌndəˈstænd]   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend. intransitive,transitive,usually
    — Can you repeat what you just said? I didn't understand.
  2. To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.; To know the meaning of. intransitive,transitive,usually
    — ‘[…] I came back here, had a wank and finished that book.’ ‘The Naked Lunch?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘What did you reckon?’ ‘Crap.’ ‘You’re just saying that because you didn’t understand it,’ said Adrian. ‘I’m just saying that because I did understand it,’ said Tom. ‘Any road up, we’d better start making some toast.[…]’
  3. To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly. transitive,usually
    — The students understood the assignment.
  4. To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such. transitive,usually
    — I understand that company policy says I can't get a refund, but can you make an exception?
  5. To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for. transitive
    — One day you say you love me, the next you ignore me—I don't understand you!
  6. To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge. transitive
    — I've been given to understand that you have a package for me?
  7. To regard as present when not. transitive
    — In the imperative mood, the word “you” is usually understood.
  8. To stand underneath, to support. humorous,rare
    — LAUNE: Ay, and what I do too: look thee, I'll but lean, and my staff understands me. SPEED: It stands under thee, indeed. LAUNCE:Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Uh-huh, I see; a way to acknowledge something said by the other speaker. Malaysia,Singapore

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
apprehend comprehend grasp know perceive pick up what someone is putting down realise get compass conceive discern grok
反义词
misunderstand
衍生词
do you understand give someone to understand I don’t understand understandable understander understanding understand the assignment understand trap understood you understood

词源

词源 1
From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *understandan (“to stand between, understand”), from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, understand”), equivalent to Old English under- (“between, inter-”) + standan (“to stand”) (Modern English under- + stand). Cognate with Old Frisian understonda (“to understand, experience, learn”), Old High German understantan (“to understand”), Middle Danish understande (“to understand”). Compare also Saterland Frisian understunda, unnerstounde (“to dare, survey, measure”), Dutch onderstaan (“to undertake, presume”), German unterstehen (“to be subordinate”).
词源 2
From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *understandan (“to stand between, understand”), from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, understand”), equivalent to Old English under- (“between, inter-”) + standan (“to stand”) (Modern English under- + stand). Cognate with Old Frisian understonda (“to understand, experience, learn”), Old High German understantan (“to understand”), Middle Danish understande (“to understand”). Compare also Saterland Frisian understunda, unnerstounde (“to dare, survey, measure”), Dutch onderstaan (“to undertake, presume”), German unterstehen (“to be subordinate”).
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