comprehend
verb[IorT,not continuous]
formaluk/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhend/us/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhend/tounderstandsomethingcompletely:
充分理解；领悟Ifailto comprehendtheirattitude.我无法理解他们的态度。
He doesn'tseemto comprehend thescaleof theproblem他似乎没意识到问题的严重性。
[+ question word]I'll never comprehendwhy she did what she did.我永远也不会明白她为什么那么做。
[+ that]I don'tthinkhefullycomprehendsthatshe won't be here tohelphim.我看他还没有充分意识到她是不会来这里帮他的。
to understand something
- understandI understand why he did that.
- comprehendHe doesn't seem to comprehend the scale of the problem.
- get the pictureOK. Don't say any more. I get the picture.
- followIt was so complicated I couldn't follow what he was saying.
- graspI think I grasped the main points of the lecture.
- digestThis chapter is so difficult to digest. I'll have to read it again later.
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- atyourfingertipsidiom
- connection
- figure
- hold
- keepsomeoneup
- know a hawk from a handsawidiom
- know the scoreidiom
- know/see wheresomeoneis coming fromidiom
- latch
- scale
- uncomprehendingly
- understand
- voice recognition
- wake up tosomething
- wisdom
- wise