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  • Conjugation : past  knew ; pp  known ; ing  knowing
  • Derivatives : n  knower ; adj  knowable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

know [nəu]
  1. 1. vt. [+facts] [ dates etc] 知道
    I don't know her address.
    我不知道她的地址
  2. 2. vt. [+language]
    I don't know Chinese very well.
    不怎么汉语
  3. 3. vt. [+person] [ place] [ subject] (be acquainted with) 认识
    I've known David for years.
    认识戴维很多年了。
    He didn't know London very well.
    不怎么熟悉伦敦
  4. 4. vt. (recognize) 识别
    He knew a good bargain when he saw one.
    他很会识别便宜货
    to know that...
    知道
    I knew that he lived in Glasgow.
    知道他住在格拉斯哥
    I knew at once that something was wrong.
    马上知道有点不对头
    to know where/when
    知道何处/何时
    do you know how to swim?
    你会游泳吗?
    everyone knew him as Robert
    每个人都叫他罗伯特
    to get to know sb
    逐渐开始了解某人
    to let it be known that...
    使人们间接了解到…
    to know sth about sb/sth
    知道某人/某事的情况
    She didn't know anything about music.
    她对音乐一窍不通
    to know about sth
    听说过某事
    I don’t know about that
    我不这么认为
    yes, I know
    对,的确如此
    you never know
    很难讲
    to know of sth/sb
    听说过某事/某人
    you know
    你得知道
    The conditions in there are awful, you know.
    你得知道那里条件很差。
  5. 5. vt. (in explanations) 你知道
    the white dress, you know, the one with the short sleeves
    白色连衣裙,你知道的,就是短袖的那件
    to know better (than to do sth)
    明白不至于(做某事)
    you should know better than to do that
    应该知道不该那样
    to be in the know
    知情

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

know [nəʊ]
  1. 1. verb 知道了解
    She had known the truth about him for some time.
    知道有关他的真相一段时间了。
    I want to know who is winning the game!
    想知道谁在比赛中占了上风
    I know that the president lied to the people.
    知道总统人民撒谎了。
    I know it's time.
    知道,这正是时候
  2. 2. vt. 懂得明了
    He knows how to write a good song.
    懂得怎样写一首好歌。
    Does your husband know how to cook?
    丈夫烹调吗?
    She knows how to knit.
    知道怎么毛衣
  3. 3. vt. 认为觉得确信
    I know that the same fate could be my son's if he doesn't have the operation.
    觉得如果儿子不做这个手术的话相同的命运会降临到他身上
    I know that I left the key on the table.
    觉得我把钥匙放在桌上了。
  4. 4. vt. 认识熟悉
    Phillip and Mike knew each other from music college .
    菲利普麦克是在音乐学院认识的
    This flower is known as a Peruvian lily.
    这种花被称为秘鲁百合花
    She doesn't know this composer.
    她不认识这位作曲家
    Do you know my sister?
    认识姐姐吗?
    We know this movie.
    知道这部电影
    I know him under a different name.
    知道他的另外一个名字
  5. 5. vt. 体会过,体验
    We all know the feeling that comes with doing wrong.
    我们体验过做坏事产生感觉
    Have you ever known hunger?
    真的知道什么饥饿吗?
    I know the feeling!
    知道那种感觉
  6. 6. vt. 承认接受
  7. 7. vt. 记住熟记
    I didn't know very much about English history .
    对于英国历史,我能记住的不多。
    This student knows her irregular verbs.
    这名学生掌握不规则动词
    Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
    是否熟记了这首诗,能够把它背诵下来
    I know Latin.
    我懂拉丁语
  8. 8. vt. 和……发生性关系,和……性交
    She has met several women who knew him intimately.
    认识一些跟他有过亲密性行为的女人
  9. 9. vt. 了解……的特性
    I never knew her as a happy person.
    从来了解她是一个快乐的人。
  10. 10. vt. 识别,能辨别
    Many people simply don't know right from wrong .
    很多人只是不能分辨对与错。
    The child knows right from wrong.
    孩子懂得是非
  11. 11. vt. 对……熟悉
    She kept five pigs, which rambled loose but evidently knew her voice.
    她养了五头猪,它们到处溜达但是显然熟悉她的声音
    I know this voice!
    我能听出来这种声音
  12. 12. vt. 会说
    I only know a little French but my German is quite good.
    我只会说一点点法语,但我的德语相当好。
  13. 13. n.[u] 知情
    A friend who is in the know says she already left the country.
    一位知情朋友说,她已经离开这个国家了。
    He is always in the know.
    总是知道内情

Collins English-English Dictionary

know [nəυ]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] [also intr; may take a clause as object] to be or feel certain of the truth or accuracy of (a fact, etc)
  2. 2. vb to be acquainted or familiar with
    she's known him five years
  3. 3. vb to have a familiarity or grasp of, as through study or experience
    he knows French
  4. 4. vb [also intr; may take a clause as object] to understand, be aware of, or perceive (facts, etc)
    he knows the answer now
  5. 5. vb [foll by how] to be sure or aware of (how to be or do something)
  6. 6. vb to experience, esp deeply
    to know poverty
  7. 7. vb to be intelligent, informed, or sensible enough (to do something)
    she knew not to go home yet
  8. 8. vb [may take a clause as object] to be able to distinguish or discriminate
  9. 9. vb [Archaic] to have sexual intercourse with
  10. 10. n [Etymology] Old English gecnawan; related to Old Norse kna I can, Latin noscere to come to know

Examples

I know the first verse of the poem, but I don't know what comes next.
我知道这首诗的第一节,但我不知道第二节。
he doesn't need to know {or} he needn't know
他不必知道
In order to know Wicca it is essential to know its roots.
为了了解巫术崇拜的本质就要知晓它的根源。
I don't know who it was, but I know we were being tailed.
我不知道那个人是谁,但是我知道我们被跟踪了。
for aught I know
也许,大概,也未可知,说不定,据我所知
to know in one's heart
心底里了解

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