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单词 learn
释义

learnverb

uk/lɜːn/us/lɝːn/learned or UK also learnt, learned or UK also learnt

A1 [ I or T ] to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity:

They learn Russian at school.
"Can you drive?" "I'm learning."
I've learned a lot about computers since I started work here.
[ + to infinitive ] I'm learning to play the piano.
[ + question word + to infinitive ] First you'll learn (how) to use this machine.

B1 [ T ] to make yourself remember a piece of writing by reading it or repeating it many times:

I don't know how actors manage to learn all those lines.
We were told to learn Portia's speech by heart (= be able to say it from memory) for homework.

B2 [ I or T ] to start to understand that you must change the way you behave:

She'll have to learn that she can't have everything she wants.
She soon learned not to contradict him.
He's not afraid to learn from his mistakes.

B1 [ I or T ] to be told facts or information that you did not know:

We were all shocked to learn of his death.
[ + (that) ] I later learned (that) the message had never arrived.
I only learned about the accident later.

More examples

  • My daughter is just starting to learn how to do joined-up writing at school.
  • Every week our French teacher gives us a list of vocabulary to learn.
  • My youngest child is learning to ride a bike.
  • We learned about the geography of Australia.
  • You're going to have to learn to control your temper.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Learning & knowing

  • assimilate
  • autodidact
  • blended learning
  • bone up
  • brain training
  • by-heart
  • deskill
  • feel
  • gen up
  • hit
  • know better (than sb) idiom
  • knowable
  • mug
  • mug (sth) up
  • pick sth up
  • quick
  • reskill
  • revision
  • specialize
  • tell

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Remembering, reminding and reminders
Understanding and comprehending

Idiom(s)

learn a/your lesson
learn to live with sth
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