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know-how

/noh-hou/US // ˈnoʊˌhaʊ //

知识,窍门,诀窍,技巧

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.

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Examples

  • I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy…and it's a legacy that is so important to the culture.

  • They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.

  • What they say is, ‘We don’t approve of violence, but you know what?

  • No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.

  • Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.

  • She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.

  • He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.

  • It seems very strange that I shall actually know Liszt at last, after hearing of him so many years.

  • Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.

  • The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.