单词 | understanding |
释义 | understanding —understandingly, adv. /un'deuhr stan"ding/, n. 1. mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours. 2. intellectual faculties; intelligence; mind: a quick understanding. 3. superior power of discernment; enlightened intelligence: With her keen understanding she should have become a leader. 4. knowledge of or familiarity with a particular thing; skill in dealing with or handling something: an understanding of accounting practice. 5. a state of cooperative or mutually tolerant relations between people: To him, understanding and goodwill were the supreme virtues. 6. a mutual agreement, esp. of a private, unannounced, or tacit kind: They had an understanding about who would do the dishes. 7. an agreement regulating joint activity or settling differences, often informal or preliminary in character: After hours of negotiation, no understanding on a new contract was reached. 8. Philos. a. the power of abstract thought; logical power. b. Kantianism. the mental faculty resolving the sensory manifold into the transcendental unity of apperception. adj. 9. characterized by understanding; prompted by, based on, or demonstrating comprehension, intelligence, discernment, empathy, or the like: an understanding attitude. [bef. 1050; ME understandynge, late OE understandincge (n.). See UNDERSTAND, -ING1, -ING2] |
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