comprehend

• vt. 理解；包含；由…组成

com-, 强调。-prehend, 抓住，理解，见prehensile..

1. get the meaning of something;

"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

2. to become aware of through the senses;

"I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

3. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory;

"This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"

"this should cover everyone in the group"

comprehend

comprehend: see prey

comprehend (v.)

mid-14c., "to understand," from Latin comprehendere "to take together, to unite; include; seize" (of catching fire or the arrest of criminals); also "to comprehend, perceive" (to seize or take in the mind), from com- "completely" (see com-) + prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (see prehensile). Related: Comprehended; comprehending.

contain, include, embrace, involve, comprehend, hold, comprise

这些动词均含有"包括，包含"之意。

contain： 普通用词，所涉及的物体常常是其组成部分或内容。强调包容关系。既可指具体有形的东西，也可指抽象无形的东西。

include： 普通用词，指一整体包含着各独立的部分，也指某东西包含另一东西的某一部分。

embrace： 正式用词，指把某事物纳入整个之中。

involve： 把包含因整体的性质决定的成分或结果。所包括的往往是无形的，不可触知的东西，多用作引申。

comprehend： 正工用词，指包含在整体范围以内。

hold： 常和contain换用。指能够容纳或有足够的容纳量。强调包容能力。

comprise： 书面用词，暗指一个整体包括不同部分所组成，可与include交换使用。

know, learn, comprehend, understand

这些动词都含"懂，知道，明了"之意。

know： 普通用词，多指通过学习、经验或他人传播而得到知识，含直接知道的意味。

learn： 通常指通过他人而获得消息或情况，侧重从不知到知的变化过程。

comprehend： 侧重熟悉了解的过程。

understand： 指对事物已有彻底的认识，不仅知其性质、含义和细节，而且了解其内外的关系。

understand, comprehend, appreciate, apprehend, grasp

这些动词均有"理解"之意。

understand：指对事物已有彻底的认识，不仅知其性质、含义和细节，而且了解其内外的关系。

comprehend： 较正式用词，指对较复杂的事物能透彻理解其意义。

appreciate： 语气较弱，指对某事物或意义有充分的理解。着重有能力领悟或觉察。

apprehend： 指知道某事物或某观念的大概意义，但未能理解其内涵意义，暗含一知半解意味。

grasp： 从本义抓紧、抓住，引申作"理解、掌握"。

It is not as easy to comprehend.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

How does your reading proceed? Clearly you try to comprehend, in the sense of identifying meanings for individual words and working out relationships between them, drawing on your explicit knowledge of English grammar ( ' , 41) you begin to infer a context for the text, for insta4ce, by making decisions about what kind of speech event is involved: who is making the utterance, to whom, when and where.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

Clearly you try to comprehend, in the sense of identifying meanings for individual words and working out relationships between them, drawing on your implicit knowledge of English grammar.

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The infinite distances of space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.

太空的无垠距离遥远得让人类的大脑无法理解。

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She could not comprehend how someone would risk people's lives in that way.

她不明白怎么会有人竟拿人们的生命那样去冒险。

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He stood staring at the dead body, unable to comprehend.

他站在那里，盯着那具尸体，弄不明白是怎么回事。

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I just cannot comprehend your attitude...

我就是无法理解你的态度。

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Whenever she failed to comprehend she invariably laughed.

每当她听不懂的时候，她总是会笑。

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He tries to comprehend Buddhist ideas by studying the Buddhist classics.

他通过研读佛家经典来领会佛家思想.

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But they don't really comprehend.

但他们并不是真的理解我.

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Exist issue on comprehend difference about society nature economy culture and annals etc.

而现有的一系列问题是经济转型期人们在社会、然、济、化、史等方面的理解差异所形成.

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Let's transcend time and space all along with music to comprehend its deep and profound meaning.

让我们一起随着音乐超越时空,去领略那悠远而深邃的意蕴吧.

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We will never fully comprehend what God is like. Yet He Himself is accessible to us.

我们永远不可能完全知道上帝的样式, 但是他自己却向我们显现.

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Should observe carefully, for of is comprehend; Should comprehend diligently, for of is act.

应当仔细地观察, 为的是理解; 应当努力地理解, 为的是行动.

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The situation is too complicated for us to comprehend.

情况太复杂了,我们不能理解.

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" Then, " observed Elizabeth, " you must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished women. "

伊丽莎白说: “ 那么, 在你的想象中,一个多才多艺的妇女应该包括很多条件啦. ”

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God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

5神发出奇妙的雷声,他行大事, 我们不能测透.

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He could not comprehend any variations or disloyalties.

对朋友变心,对朋友不忠实,这些他都感到不理解.

辞典例句

I hardly comprehend her!

我简直不理解她!

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He could not comprehend the mental or spiritual force of our island people.

他无法懂得我们岛国人民心灵上或精神上的力量.

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We have lived them with you, and can comprehend the pain and distress that you experienced.

我们与你一同经历它们, 并且能够理解你们所经验的痛苦和苦难.

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Does not this comprehend all, in fact , and what is there left to desire beyond it?

的确,难道那样不已经十全十美, 还有什么可奢求的 呢 ?

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Feel guilty ? Intensely so. More than you can comprehend.

内疚? 确实是,比你想的要严重多了.

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Objective To summarize the clinical emergency treatment and nursing comprehend in 118 patients with fluoroacetamide poisoning.

目的:通过对118例氟乙酰胺中毒患者的临床救治及护理,总结氟乙酰胺中毒的临床急救及护理体会.

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You must try to comprehend the profoundity and subtlety of Chinese art.

你要用心去领略中国艺术的精微.

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What could possibly be more beautiful than the ability to experience and comprehend beauty?

试问,世上还有什么比一个人有能力去体验和领会美更为美妙的?

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It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.

如果一个人每天都尝试着理解这些神奇中的一点点,就足够了.

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Same, I comprehend you this time this of mood, I can accept your reschedule.

同样, 我理解你此时此的心情, 我可以接受你的重新安排.

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Users are smart, and they will immediately comprehend and respect the limits of their sandbox.

用户是聪明的, 他们会立刻理解并尊重这种限制.

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For emergencies, you comprehend.

以防万一, 这你该懂得.

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I have to question however how many truly comprehend the full meaning of to be awake.

然而我有理由质疑,究竟多少人真正理解觉醒的全部涵义.

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The Art of Memory is basically a system to comprehend the Universe in its innumerable aspects.

记忆之术就其基本面来说,是认识浩瀚宇宙的一套工具.

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