knowledge
英 ['nɒlɪdʒ]
美 ['nɑlɪdʒ]
- n. 知识,学问;知道,认识;学科
- n. (Knowledge)人名;(南非)诺利奇
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脑里记
knowledge 知识来自know,知道,理解,-ledge,可能来自古英语名词后缀-lac,-lock,词源同wedlock.引申词义知识。
- knowledge (n.)
- early 12c., cnawlece "acknowledgment of a superior, honor, worship;" for first element see know (v.). Second element obscure, perhaps from Scandinavian and cognate with the -lock "action, process," found in wedlock. Meaning "capacity for knowing, understanding; familiarity; fact of knowing" is late 14c. Sense of "an organized body of facts or teachings" is from c. 1400, as is that of "sexual intercourse." Also a verb in Middle English, knoulechen "acknowledge" (c. 1200), later "find out about; recognize," and "to have sexual intercourse with" (c. 1300).
- 1. Father had no more than a superficial knowledge of music.
- 父亲对音乐只懂一点皮毛。
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- 2. He did not get a chance to deepen his knowledge of Poland.
- 他没有机会更深入地了解波兰。
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- 3. To the young boy his father was the fount of all knowledge.
- 对于这个小男孩儿来说,他的父亲就是所有知识的源泉。
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- 4. George dazzled her with his knowledge of the world.
- 乔治的洞察世情令她叹服。
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- 5. She was a woman with extraordinary vibrancy and extraordinary knowledge.
- 她是一位充满活力、博学多识的女子。
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