新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

understandingIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ]

[ADJ, NOUN]

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ADJ. 形容词

1. 能理解的 , 体谅的
If you are understanding towards someone, you are kind and forgiving.
近义词
sympathetic
双语例句
例：
Her boss, who was very understanding, gave her time off.
她的老板很体谅她，给她放了假。

NOUN. 名词

understandings
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 了解
If you have an understanding of something, you know how it works or know what it means.
近义词
grasp , appreciation , awareness
反义词
ignorance
双语例句
例：
They have to have a basic understanding of computers in order to use the advanced technology.
为了利用这一先进技术，他们必须对计算机有基本的了解。
例：
testing students' understanding of difficult concepts.
测试学生们对艰深概念的了解。
2. [U 不可数名词] 理解 , 谅解
If you show understanding, you show that you realize how someone feels or why they did something, and are not hostile towards them.
双语例句
例：
We would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.
我们要感谢他们的耐心和理解。
3. [U 不可数名词] 相互理解 , 信任
If there is understanding between people, they are friendly towards each other and trust each other.
双语例句
例：
There was complete understanding between Wilson and myself.
我和威尔逊彼此完全理解与信任。
4. [C 可数名词] （非正式的）协议
An understanding is an informal agreement about something.
双语例句
例：
We had not set a date for marriage but there was an understanding between us.
我们还没有确定结婚日期，不过我们已经达成一致意见。
5. [SING 单数型名词] 理解 , 了解
If you say that it is your understanding that something is the case, you mean that you believe it to be the case because you have heard or read that it is.
双语例句
例：
It is my understanding that the meeting is Thursday.
据我了解，会议是在星期四。

PHRASE. 习语

on the understanding (that)
1. 在得知…一定会发生的条件下
If you agree to do something on the understanding that something else will be done, you do it because you have been told that the other thing will definitely be done.
双语例句
例：
Poverty forced her to surrender him to foster families, but only on the understanding that she could eventually regain custody.
贫困迫使她把他交给了寄养家庭，但前提是她确定她最终一定能重新获得抚养权。