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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

understand [^ndə'stænd]
  1. 1. vt. [+speaker, sb's words, meaning] 明白
  2. 2. vt. [+foreign language] 懂
  3. 3. vt. [+book, subject, behaviour] 理解
    They are too young to understand what is going on.
    他们太年轻，无法理解所发生的一切。
    His wife doesn't understand him.
    他的妻子不理解他。
    to understand that...
    获悉...
    he is understood to be in Italy
    人们认为他在意大利
    to make o.s. understood
    将自己的意思表达清楚

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

understand [ .ʌndɚ 'stænd] [ .ʌndə 'stænd]
  1. 1. vt. 明白；了解；懂；了解…的意义
    to understand a question
    弄懂一个问题的意思
  2. 2. vt. 通晓；了解清楚
    I understand that the singer is a very celebrated one in his own country.
    我知道这个歌手在他自己的国家非常有名。
  3. 3. vt. 获悉；听说；得知
  4. 4. vt. 推断；认为
    Are we to understand that you want to go?
    我们是否可认为你想走?
  5. 5. vt. 不言而喻；省略（某一句子成分）
  6. 6. vt. 理解为
    to understand his silence as refusal
    把他的沉默理解为拒绝
  7. 7. vt. 对…感到同情；谅解
    No one understands me.
    没有人能谅解我。
  8. 8. vt. 相信
    It is understood that no one is to leave.
    大家相信没有人会离开。
  9. 9. vi. 懂得；取得理解；给予同情（或谅解）
  10. 10. vi. 据说；认为
    He is, I understand, no longer here.
    据说他已离去。

Collins English-English Dictionary

understand [,^ndə'stænd]
  1. 1. vb [may take a clause as object] to know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
    I understand you
    I understand what you mean
  2. 2. vb [may take a clause as object] to realize or grasp (something)
    he understands your position
  3. 3. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to assume, infer, or believe
    I understand you are thinking of marrying
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to know how to translate or read
    can you understand Spanish?
  5. 5. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object; often passive] to accept as a condition or proviso
    it is understood that children must be kept quiet
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to be sympathetic to or compatible with
    we understand each other
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] Old English understandan; related to Old Frisian understonda, Middle High German understan step under; see under, stand
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Examples

Even a fool could understand.
甚至连傻瓜也懂。 → even
to understand a question
弄懂一个问题的意思 → understand
Are we to understand that you want to go?
我们是否可认为你想走? → understand
to understand his silence as refusal
把他的沉默理解为拒绝 → understand
He is, I understand, no longer here.
据说他已离去。 → understand
Can you understand that train of thought?
你能理解那种思路吗？
I understand that the singer is a very celebrated one in his own country.
我知道这个歌手在他自己的国家非常有名。 → understand
It's not my fault. I made 10,000 attempts to explain to him the problem, but he doesn't understand.
这不是我的错，我已经把这个问题向他解过释一万次了，但他就是理解不了。 → attempt
I don't understand why there are so many cars belting along the street.
我不明白为什么有这么多车在街道上狂飙。 → belt
I don't understand why he left after I'd asked him to stay?
我不明白，我都让他留下了可他为什么还是走了？ → after
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