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  • Conjugation : past  learned ; past  learnt ; ing  learning
  • Derivatives : n  learner ; adj  learnable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

learn [ləːn]
  1. 1. vt. [+skill] (study) 学
    Children learn foreign languages very easily.
    孩子外语非常容易
  2. 2. vt. [+poem] [ song]
    We have to learn the whole poem by heart.
    我们得把整首诗背下来
  3. 3. vt. [+news] [ fact] (find out) 得知
    I remember when I learned the terrible news.
    我还记得什么时候得知这条坏消息的。
  4. 4. vi.
    Experienced teachers help you learn quickly.
    经验丰富的老师帮你学得快。
    to learn about sth
    学到某物
    to learn to do sth/how to do sth
    学做某事/怎样做某事
    He is learning to play the piano.
    他在学弹钢琴
  5. 5. vi. (through experience) 学做某事/学习如何做某事
    He learned to conceal his views.
    学会隐瞒观点
    to learn of sth
    获悉某事
    to learn that...
    获悉
    to learn from one's mistakes
    错误吸取教训

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

learn [lɜːrn]
  1. 1. vt. 学会习得学习
    Most students have very little difficulty in learning.
    大多数同学学习方面没有问题
    She learned dancing from her sister.
    她跟她妹妹跳舞
    I learned sanskrit.
    我懂梵文
  2. 2. vt. 察觉意识到
    The government has learned of a plot to assassinate the Governor.
    政府获悉一条暗杀总督阴谋
    I learned that she has two grown-up children.
    知道,她有两个孩子,都已经成人了。
  3. 3. vt. 记住熟记
    His professor forced him to learn every line of the Koran.
    他的教授要他熟记一条古兰经
  4. 4. vi. 学习
    I am trying to learn Chinese.
    正在中文
  5. 5. vt. [Dialect] 教,教授
    He learned his son how to build a fence and paint it.
    他教他儿子如何篱笆,并告诉怎么粉刷它。
  6. 6. verb 查明获悉
    He was attempting to learn the beauty's name.
    他正试图打听那个美女名字

Collins English-English Dictionary

learn [l3ːn]
  1. 1. vb [when tr, may take a clause as object] to gain knowledge of (something) or acquire skill in (some art or practice)
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to commit to memory
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to gain by experience, example, etc
  4. 4. vi. [intr; often foll by of or about] to become informed; know
  5. 5. vi. [not standard] to teach
  6. 6. vi. [Etymology] Old English leornian; related to Old High German lirnen

Examples

to go to learn
去学习
to learn to swim
学游泳
learn to use the typewriter
学习使用打字机
to learn the tricks of the trade
学这门行当的秘诀
Whenever will he learn?
他究竟什么时候学习?

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