understand

vt

• ① 懂,了解(别人的话等);领会,理解(真意、原因、说明等);通晓,精通(数学、法律等)
  • She doesn't understand English.她不懂英语。
  • I can understand Spanish perfectly.我能完全懂西班牙语。
  • I don't understand your question.我不了解你的问题。
  • I'm not sure that I fully understand the poem.我不敢说我充分了解这首诗。
  • Do you understand me [what I'm saying]?你懂我的意思[话]吗?
  • Can you understand everything he says?你能了解他所说的每一句话吗?
  • I'm beginning to understand the poem.我开了解那首诗。
  • I'm gradually coming to understand what he wants.我渐渐了解他要什么(★understand不可用进行式,所以用be coming [beginning]to understand)。
  • (Now,) understand me!好好听着(★表示警告等)。
  • I cannot understand her [her behavior].我不能了解她[她的行为]。
  • I certainly understood so.我的确如此了解。
  • You don't understand what the problem is.你不了解那个问题是什么。
  • I understand how you feel.我了解你的感受。
  • You understand best how to do it.你最懂得如何做。
  • I cannot understand his [him] taking his own life.我不能了解他何以自杀(★前句中用him代替his者为【口】)(★可改写为I cannot understand why he took his own life.)。

• ② 闻知,知悉;推断,解释,认为
  • I understand that she's now in Paris.据我所知她现在在巴黎。
  • Am I to understand that you have agreed to the proposal?我该认为你已同意那项提案了吧?
  • We understand from a reliable source that he will resign.我们由一处可靠的消息来源得知他将要辞职。
  • His silence was understood to mean that he consented to the plan.他的沉默被认为是同意那项计划。
  • I understood her to be happy.我以为她会快乐。
  • She understood his words as a complaint.她把他的话解释为抱怨。
  • What do you understand by these words?这些话你怎么解释?

• ③ 【文法】(在心中)补充(字)来解释;视为省略(字)(★常用被动式)
  • If a person answers a question with the words "Don't know", the pronoun "I" is to be understood before "don't".如果一个人以"Don't know"回答一个问句, don't的前面应补充代名词I来解释。