comprehend

• vt. 理解；包含；由…組成

com-, 強調。-prehend, 抓住，理解，見prehensile..

comprehend

comprehend: see prey

comprehend (v.)

mid-14c., "to understand," from Latin comprehendere "to take together, to unite; include; seize" (of catching fire or the arrest of criminals); also "to comprehend, perceive" (to seize or take in the mind), from com- "completely" (see com-) + prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (see prehensile). Related: Comprehended; comprehending.

1. They can neither read nor write, nor can they comprehend such concepts.

他們不會讀，不會寫，也理解不了這樣的概念。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Whenever she failed to comprehend she invariably laughed.

每當她聽不懂的時候，她總是會笑。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The infinite distances of space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.

太空的無垠距離遙遠得讓人類的大腦無法理解。

來自《權威詞典》

4. If you can use a word correctly and effectively, you comprehend it.

你如果能正確和有效地使用一個字, 你就了解它了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. I did not comprehend his meaning.

我不理解他的意思.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》