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Comprehend V Seize `Kɔmpri'hend V.理解;包括 英 理解 包括(Understand

单词 comprehend
音标 [`kɔmpri'hend]
解释 v.理解;包括
红宝书 【英】 v. 理解, 包括(understand sth fully)
【考】 garbled : comprehend / obscured : recognize(歪曲的不易理解/模 糊的不易认识)反义词:hermetic(深 奥的)
【记】 com(全部)+prehend( 抓住) →全部抓住→包括,理解
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. 理解(领会...的意思、性质或重要性); 包括(作为一个部份加入) = include
【记】com共同, prehend抓住-共同抓住-包括, 理解
【参】comprehensible(adj 可理解的; 易于了解的)
【类】garbled: comprehend = obscured: recognize混淆的不易被理解 = 模糊的不易被认识
【反】hermetic(adj 深奥的; 密封的; 与外界隔绝的)
趣味全助记 【记】prehend, hand, grasp也有抓,掌握的意思;prehensile;
【相关】apprehend 理解,comprehend 理解,reprehend(又抓住了→责备)

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