understanding

• n. 谅解，理解；理解力；协议
• adj. 了解的；聪明的；有理解力的
• v. 理解；明白（understand的ing形式）

1. the cognitive condition of someone who understands;

"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

2. the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises;

"they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"

"there was an understanding between management and the workers"

3. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion;

"his sympathies were always with the underdog"

"I knew I could count on his understanding"

4. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination;

"we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

understanding (n.)

Old English understanding "comprehension," verbal noun from understand (v.). Meaning "mutual agreement" is attested from 1803.

agreement, contract, treaty, convention, bargain, understanding, accord

这些名词均含"协定，协议，契约，合同"之意。

agreement：普通用词，含义最确定，泛指个人、团体或国家之间取得一致而达成的任何协议、协定或合同、契约等，可以是口头的，也可以是书面的。

contract：侧重指双方或多方订立的具有法律效力的正式的书面合同或契约。

treaty：指国家之间经外交谈判后依照国际法签订的正式条约。

convention：比treaty更专门化，但不及treaty正式。也可指国家之间就有关事情签订的条约。

bargain：通常指商业交往中的购销合同。

understanding：指不具约束力的非正式的协议。

accord：多指国际间的非正式协议。

It will undermine their mutual understanding

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistake, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Understanding your own culture values is important too

出自-2011年12月听力原文

The man had difficulty understanding the lecture.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

He has difficulty understanding the book.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

"Gamification is about understanding what it is that makes games engaging and what game designers do to create a great experience in games, and taking those learnings and applying them to other contexts such as the workplace and education," explains Kevin

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

According to a newly published study, cats seem to be able to predict the location of hiding prey (猎物) using both their ears and an inborn (天生的) understanding of how the physical world works.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

But if aging were recognized as a disease, he said, "It would attract funding and change the way we do health care. What matters is understanding that aging is curable."

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects, lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Four traits stood out for those that achieved their goals, the researchers report in Public Understanding of Science.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

In one the focus could be on building financial success and personal achievement, in another on creating a better work/life balance, still another on exploring and understanding options more fully, or becoming an independent producer, yet another on makin

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

It's not the knowledge that is valuable, it's the practice of learning new things and understanding how things work.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

I've only had two driving lessons so far, and my instructor is very understanding.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

Many patients also gained a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

The findings shed light on normal age-related changes in mental function, which could aid in understanding the process of dementia, according to the researchers.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

The principle is about understanding what is motivating to this group of players, which requires some understanding of psychology.

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Social learning theories contribute to our understanding of why we behave as we do, but much of the emphasis is on early socialization rather than on what occurs throughout life.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

To promote understanding between China and America.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

situations will be able to reach understanding and avoid feeling uneasy about the confrontations

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

To get a better understanding of what's going on, consider the way immigration's impact is felt.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Understanding your own culture values is important too

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Stop him when he had difficulty understanding.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

A lot of the government advertising has been about individual responsibility, but actually understanding that drinking is very much about the social activity and finding ways to help young people get home safely and not end up in hospital is one of the th

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

As such, they are key species for understanding and predicting impacts of global change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic marine ecosystems.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

For this to happen, he suggests the multi-cultural managers exhibit understanding of their own and others' cultural influences and limitations.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

Harris says that American education is suffering from an epidemic of "fake math"—an emphasis on the rote memorization of formulas and steps, rather than an understanding of how math can influence the ways we see the world.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

I look forward to seeing researchers expand our understanding of the issue so we can translate it into effective education and policy.

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

In physics, moving objects have two characteristics relevant to understanding the dynamics of energy systems: inertia and momentum .

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

It is also critical for socially charged neuroscience issues such as the genetic basis for a particular behavior, the therapeutic potential of stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases, or the use of animal models, areas where the public understand

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Moreover, understanding the brain is not the same as understanding the mind.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture form

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Now, she attributes much of her understanding of college to that: "But once I got to campus, it was a completely different ball game that no one really prepared me for."

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

The issue of climate change also illustrates how the public acceptance and understanding of scienceor the lack of it can influence governmental decision-making with regard to regulation, science policy and research funding.

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Understanding the basic science first is key.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

We also do less tangible things like understanding what our readers want.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline -powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

A nurse who understands the healing (治愈) value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of "understanding" that can be dug out of a book.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Instead, babies may form an understanding of object support through repeated experiments and then build on this knowledge to learn even more about how objects interact.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Listening is thus an active, not a passive, behavior consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person's needs.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Reading involves understanding every little piece of information.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

Studying babies' play may lead to a better understanding of science.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

That relief is coupled with a deep understanding of why the same people keep coming back for more: connecting to the community as you freely give your time, money, skills, or services provides a real joy.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The governments argue that this will help foreigners better join the society and promote understanding across cultures.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The music allowed me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the unknown and, most of all, an understanding of each other.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 完形填空 原文

To help our audience have a better understanding of this extreme weather, we have invited prof.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Understanding history is vital to understanding ourselves as a people and as a nation.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Understanding these reasons will control our own anger if we are willing to evaluate ourselves with a critical eye.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Wang's works show a deep understanding of modern architecture and a good knowledge of traditions.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

We're taught to read because it's necessary for much of human understanding.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Good government rests on an understanding of the inherent worth of each individual.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If we readjust our view of arguments—from a verbal fight or tennis game to a reasoned exchange through which we all gain mutual respect, and understanding—then we change the very nature of what it means to "win" an argument.

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

In their eagerness to build bigger telescopes, they forgot that science is not the only way of understanding the world.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes.

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Surveys and test samples have also become important for understanding the larger landscapes that contain archaeological sites.

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding, to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity.

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This isn't surprising, considering the basic mandatory high school curriculum leaves students with a poor understanding of the vast academic possibilities that await them in college.

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

When our time of mourning is over, we press forward, stronger with a greater understanding and respect for life.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Whole new realms of understanding—from gender to race to cultural studies—were opened up as scholars unpicked the multiplicity of lost societies.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The committee has little or no understanding of the problem.

委员会对这个问题了解不多或根本不了解。

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The existence of God is beyond human understanding (= humans cannot know whether God exists or not) .

上帝的存在与否是超出人类所能理解的。

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We finally came to an understanding about what hours we would work.

我们最终就工作时间问题取得了一致意见。

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We have this understanding that nobody talks about work over lunch.

我们有个默契：吃午饭时谁也不许谈工作。

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We must tackle the problem with sympathy and understanding.

我们必须带着同情和谅解来处理这个问题。

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We are looking for a better understanding between the two nations.

我们正在寻求两国间的进一步了解。

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My understanding of the situation is…

我对形势的看法是…

牛津词典

The statement is open to various understandings.

这个声明可以有各种不同的诠释。

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They agreed to the changes on the understanding that they would be introduced gradually.

他们同意这些改革，条件是须要逐步进行。

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She has very understanding parents.

她的父母对她非常宽容。

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They have to have a basic understanding of computers in order to use the advanced technology.

要想利用先进技术，他们必须先对计算机有个基本的了解。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her boss, who was very understanding, gave her time off...

她的老板很通情达理，准了她的假。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Fortunately for John, he had an understanding wife.

幸运的是，约翰有一个通情达理的妻子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.

我们要感谢他们的耐心和理解。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There was complete understanding between Wilson and myself.

我和威尔逊之间完全能够彼此理解，相互信任。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We had not set a date for marriage but there was an understanding between us.

我们还没有确定结婚的日子，不过我们对此有一致的想法。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It is my understanding that this torture has been going on for many years...

据我了解，这种折磨已经持续很多年了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Our understanding is that they wanted to be in Washington.

我们的理解是，他们想呆在华盛顿。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Kevin had treatment on the understanding that he would attempt to overcome his drinking problem.

凯文接受了治疗，但条件是他要努力克服自身的酗酒问题。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I could not understand a single sentence without an English dictionary.

我那时合并字典就看不懂一个英文句子.

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His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.

《简明英汉词典》

Education and experience breed a breadth of vision and understanding to him.

教育和经历使他眼界开阔.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

This dictionary will enable better international understanding.

这部辞典将促进国际间更好的理解.

《简明英汉词典》

The youth was fortunate in having understanding parents.

这个青年有通情达理的父母,真幸运.

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We must have a clear understanding of the problem.

我们对这一问题必须有一个清醒的认识.

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There is an unspoken understanding that Hugh will be in charge while Jeanne is away.

大家有了默契,珍妮不在的时候由休来负责.

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