| 词组 | understand |
| 释义 | understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd $ -ər-/ verb to know the meaning of something, or the reasons for somethingGrammarUnderstand is not used in progressive forms. Don’t say I am understanding or I was understanding.adverbsfully/completely/totally understand sth Jack was too young to fully understand why his mother had left.understand sb/sth perfectly I understand perfectly what you’re saying but I don’t agree.not really understand Scientists still don’t really understand how the brain processes this information.understand sb/sth correctly If I understand him correctly, Smith is arguing that happiness comes from having a belief in your own ability.be little understood/poorly understood (=be something that no one knows much about) HIV and AIDS were little understood in the mid-1980s.be commonly/generally understood (=by most people) The Bernese Alps is generally understood to refer to the entire mountain range between the Interlaken Valley to the north and the Rhône Valley to the south.verbscan/can’t understand The woman had a strong accent, and I couldn’t understand what she was saying.be starting/beginning to understand Doctors are beginning to understand what causes the disease.help sb understand This chapter will help students understand when to use the present tense.phrasesbe easy/difficult to understand It is difficult to understand why he refused such a good offer.can easily understand I can easily understand her unwillingness to get involved.make yourself understood (=speak in a way that someone else understands) I’m not very good at German, but I can make myself understood.THESAURUS: understand see to understand something. See is used mainly in spoken English when saying that you understand why something is true or what someone means: I can see why you don’t like him. | Do you see what I mean? | I see what you're saying. | Oh, I see! You want us to come back at 4 o'clock. | They finally saw that he was telling the truth. get informal to understand something, especially a joke, what someone says, or the reasons why something is true: She didn’t seem to get the joke. | He explained the math homework twice, but I still don’t get it. | Do you get me? | I still don’t get why she left. comprehend formal to understand something, especially how big, serious, or important something is : They had failed to comprehend the significance of the problem. | We could not even begin to comprehend the extent of the disaster. | Philosophers and scientists have tried to comprehend the world, but only religion can help us find the truth. | The dream was easy to describe, but difficult to comprehend. follow to understand something such as an explanation or story when you hear it, read it etc: His instructions were easy to follow. | The film's plot is hard to follow (=the story is hard to follow). | Do you follow what I'm saying? | I don't quite follow you (=used when you don't understand someone completely and you want them to explain). know what sb means spoken to understand what someone is telling you, or what a situation is like, especially because you have some experience or knowledge about this: “It can be really hard to give up smoking.” “I know exactly what you mean.” | We now know what the scientists meant when they warned about global warming. graspconcept | idea | theory | fact | meaning | point | implication | significance | situation to completely understand a complicated idea, fact, situation etc: Many politicians still haven't really grasped the concept of climate change (=they have not understood the idea and what it means). | Some of his theories can be rather difficult for the ordinary reader to grasp. | People have yet to grasp the fact that we cannot go on using up the Earth's resources at the present rate. | My students loved the sound of that poem but they couldn't quite grasp the meaning. | I don’t think Stuart really grasped the point I was making. | He seemed to grasp the situation perfectly. fathom (sth out) /ˈfæðəm/ formalmotives | reasons | mystery to understand something, after thinking carefully about it - used when this seems very difficult or impossible: I still can't fathom his motives (=the reasons why he did something). | She looked at him, puzzled, trying to fathom the reasons for his actions. | They are trying to fathom one of the great mysteries of the universe. | The house would be warm again, once he had fathomed out how to work the heating system. make sense of sth to understand something that is not easy to understand, especially by thinking about it: People are still trying to make sense of the news. | It is hard to make sense of the results of the survey. | Language is one of the ways in which humans communicate and make sense of the world around them. can’t make head nor tail of sth informal used when something seems impossible to understand: I can’t make head nor tail of his plays, and I’m not sure that anyone else can either. | She tried looking at the instructions, but she couldn't make head nor tail of them. |
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