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understood

/uhn-der-stood/US // ˌʌn dərˈstʊd //UK // (ˌʌndəˈstʊd) //

理解,了解,明白,明白了

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : simple past tense and past participle of understand.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : agreed upon; known in advance; assented to: It is the understood policy of this establishment to limit credit.
    • : implied but not stated; left unexpressed: The understood meaning of a danger sign is “Do not approach.”

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Examples

  • What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.

  • Most people, however, understood the significance of the photo immediately-- especially those who share my skin.

  • President Park understood the power of cinema as propaganda.

  • Earlier in the segment, host Chuck Todd had asked him if he understood and acknowledged that black people have a fear of police.

  • I answered that I had gone and talked to many members of law enforcement who through their investigations understood these links.

  • "There is no more war," Brion translated for Ulv, realizing that the Disan had understood nothing of the explanation.

  • A similar state had occurred that 'Karnak night' of a long ten days ago, though he had not understood it then.

  • No one ever argued with Levison; all understood that this particular phrase was final.

  • She now understood nearly all that was said directly to her, though she could not follow general and confused conversation.

  • “I understood, Baron, that you had quite made up your mind to retire within a very few weeks,” said David Arden.