| 单词 | learn |
| 释义 | learn (once / 22 pages) v To learn is to gain new knowledge or skills through study, practice or experience. You probably learn something every day. Whether you want to dance, understand chemistry, or know the alphabet backwards, you will have to learn. One of the most common ways to learn is through teachers and tutors, but people learn a lot from books, hobbies, jobs, and their families. Books and other reading material are a huge source of learning. Someone sent to prison learns they have to pay for their crime, but they might learn many things because they have plenty of time to read. WORD FAMILYlearn: learned, learner, learning, learns, learnt, relearn, unlearn+/learned: learneder, learnedest, learnedly, learnedness/learner: learners/learning: learnings/relearn: relearned, relearning, relearns/unlearn: unlearned, unlearning, unlearns, unlearnt/unlearned: unlearnedly USAGE EXAMPLESIf nothing else, policymakers say, such comparisons prompt discussions across borders to learn best practices in addressing particular health problems. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And maybe there’s a lesson to be learned here: to move outside myself, to move beyond nausea; to focus on the other, not on self. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Parsing the specifics is part of Cousins’s job, how he learns from mistakes and moves on. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1v gain knowledge or skills She learned dancing from her sister I learned Sanskrit Syn|Hypo acquire, larn relearn learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it catch uplearn belatedly; find out about something after it happened absorb, assimilate, ingest, take intake up mentally hit the books, studylearn by reading books imbibereceive into the mind and retain con, memorise, memorizecommit to memory; learn by heart bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot upstudy intensively, as before an exam 2v find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort Syn|Hypo ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something ascertain, determine, find, find outestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study test determine the presence or properties of (a substance) 3v get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally I learned that she has two grown-up children Syn|Hypo discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, pick up, see find, see, witness perceive or be contemporaneous with get the goods discover some bad or hidden information about wise upget wise to catch, trip updetect a blunder or misstep ascertainlearn or discover with certainty discover, findmake a discovery rake upbring to light priceascertain or learn the price of ferret, ferret outsearch and discover through persistent investigation 4v commit to memory; learn by heart Syn|Hypo|Hyper con, memorise, memorize alternate, understudy be an understudy or alternate for a role hit the books, study learn by reading books 5v be a student of a certain subject Syn|Hypo read, study, take audit attend academic courses without getting credit prepare, trainundergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession drill, exercise, practice, practiselearn by repetition apprenticebe or work as an apprentice retraintrain again drillundergo military training or do military exercises 6v impart skills or knowledge to Syn|Hypo|Hyper instruct, teach develop, educate, prepare, train create by training and teaching indoctrinateteach doctrines to; teach uncritically drillteach by repetition catechise, catechizegive religious instructions to reinforce, rewardstrengthen and support with rewards spoonfeedteach without challenging the students inductintroduce or initiate mentorserve as a teacher or trusted counselor tutorbe a tutor to someone; give individual instruction unteachcause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier unteachcause to unlearn groundinstruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject lecture, talkdeliver a lecture or talk coach, trainteach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports edify, enlightenmake understand conditionestablish a conditioned response retrainteach new skills drilltrain in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons house-train, housebreaktrain (a pet) to live cleanly in a house toilet-traintrain (a small child) to use the toilet inspire, revolutionise, revolutionizefill with revolutionary ideas brainwashsubmit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly beat in, drill in, hammer in, ram downteach by drills and repetition inculcate, infuse, instillteach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions preach, prophesydeliver a sermon inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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