Understand

(verb.) know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; 'She did not understand her husband'; 'I understand what she means'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) believe to be the case; 'I understand you have no previous experience?'.

(verb.) make sense of a language; 'She understands French'; 'Can you read Greek?'.

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• I am to understand, then, that you hold by the determination expressed in your letter? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• You don't understand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Understand this, Mr Maurice—you are the scoundrel! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He has been something of a voice crying in the wilderness, but a voice that did not understand its own message. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He was quite willing to tell me what his plan was, but I did not feel clear enough to understand it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Her feelings were very acute, and too little understood to be properly attended to. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Putting out my hand I felt several coats hanging from the wall, and I understood that I was in a passage. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• At the old lodgings it was understood that he was summoned to Dover, and, in fact, he was taken down the Dover road and cornered out of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A certain great traveller, who understood the Indians and their language, had figured in Mr. Seegrave's report, hadn't he? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It seemed it was a very funny joke if you understood it properly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• But one thing was the stars, when I really understood something about the stars. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It's understood, then? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The understanding of the place of theory in life is a comparatively new one. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• You know, I'm a stranger here, so perhaps I'm not so quick at understanding what you mean as if I'd lived all my life at Milton. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It, too, demands understanding and direction. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It's because he has some understanding of a woman, because he is not stupid. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But all power of a high order depends on an understanding of the essential character, or law, of heat, light, sound, gravity, and the like. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Nobody understands thee. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She will be glad: nobody here understands her: Madame Fairfax is all English. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Of course he understands his own affairs. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Standing as a spokesman of an actual social revolt, he has not lost his vision because he understands its function. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He neither speaks nor understands any European tongue--and his ornaments and weapons are those of the West Coast savages. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I must familiarise my style--but she understands it. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• No, sir, we have strong reason to believe that he already understands that he has acted in an indiscreet and hot-headed manner. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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