Word · Frequency #391
Fully loadedunderstanding
理解；明白；懂得；认识到
understanding is the present participle of understand.
To grasp the meaning of a word, statement, or fact.
- 1.
To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
知道...的意思；理解；领会。
- 2.
To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
熟练掌握；能妥善处理。
- 3.
To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
理解事实或原理；将某种信念视为如此。
- 4.
To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.
了解意图、动机或性格；知道(事件的)原因。
- 5.
To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
相信或推断；在信息不全时仍自以为理解。
- 6.
To regard as present when not.
把不存在的事物当作存在。
了解；体谅；理解（某人/原因）；熟悉；掌握；精通；认为；推断；以为；默认（存在）；视为（未明言的）存在；知道...的意思；理解；领会。
In use
Could you explain that again? I don't understand the difference between these two words.
After we read the instructions, we understood the whole process.
She understands what the poem means because she studied it in school.
understand + noun/pronoun
动词后直接跟名词或代词作宾语，表示理解具体内容。
I don't understand the question.
理解某事物
understand + that clause
接that引导的宾语从句，表示理解某个事实或情况。
I understand that you need more time.
理解（某事）
understand + wh- clause
接why, how, what等疑问词引导的从句，表示理解原因、方式等。
Connections
Collocations
- understand the problem
- 理解问题
- I don't understand the problem.我不理解这个问题。
- understand each other
- 互相理解
- We need to understand each other better.我们需要更好地互相理解。
- understand why
- 理解为什么
- I can't understand why he left.我不明白他为什么离开。
- understand how
- 理解如何
- Do you understand how this works?你明白这是如何运作的吗？
- understand the concept
- 理解概念
- It took me a while to understand the concept.我花了一段时间才理解这个概念。
- understand the instructions
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将understand拆为under（下面）和stand（站），想象站在下面仰视倾听，从而理解。
Context & Register
该词通常用于日常对话，中性语气，适用于各种场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the 'and' ending and rhyme with 'understand' (stressed /ænd/). Note that words like 'under' do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.