understands

英 [ˌʌndəˈstændz]

美 [ˌʌndərˈstændz]

v.  懂; 理解; 领会; 了解; 认识到; 明了; 谅解; 体谅
understand的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 理解；明白；听懂
  If youunderstandsomeone orunderstandwhat they are saying, you know what they mean.
  1. I think you heard and also understand me...
     我想你听到了我的话，也明白我的意思。
  2. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman...
     拉斯蒂点点头，好像听懂了那位老妇人的话似的。
  3. I don't understand what you are talking about...
     我不明白你在说什么。
  4. He was speaking poor English, trying to make himself understood.
     他的英语说得很差，努力想让别人明白他的意思。
• VERB 懂（某种语言）
  If youunderstanda language, you know what someone is saying when they are speaking that language.
  1. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.
     我根本不懂意第绪语，所以请他来翻译。
• VERB 理解（某人）
  Tounderstandsomeone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do.
  1. It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend...
     要是有个真正理解我的人、有个朋友就好了。
  2. Trish had not exactly understood his feelings...
     特里希并没有完全理解他的感受。
  3. She understands why I get tired and grumpy.
     她理解我为什么累、为什么爱发火。
• VERB 知道，明白，了解（所发生的事及其原因）
  You say that youunderstandsomething when you know why or how it happens.
  1. They are too young to understand what is going on...
     他们还太小，不明白发生了什么事。
  2. She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients...
     她不明白为什么病人不能看电视。
  3. In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system.
     为了解艾滋病，人们的注意力从艾滋病病毒转向了免疫系统。
• VERB 听说；获悉；了解
  If youunderstandthat something is the case, you think it is true because you have heard or read that it is. You can say that somethingis understoodto be the case to mean that people generally think it is true.
  1. We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album...
     我们听说她正在录音棚录制她的第二张专辑。
  2. I understand you've heard about David...
     我知道你们已经听说了戴维的事了。
  3. As I understand it, you came round the corner by the cricket field and there was the man in the road...
     据我了解，你沿板球场边来到拐角处，那个男的挡住了你的去路。
  4. The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request...
     据了解，管理层很不乐意答应这项要求。
  5. It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack.
     据悉，那位资深记者心脏病发作。
• PHRASE 获悉，间接得知
  If someoneis given to understandthat something is the case, it is communicated to them that it is the case, usually without them being told directly.
  1. I am given to understand that he was swearing throughout the game at our fans.
     我得知整场比赛中他一直冲着我方球迷骂个不停。
• CONVENTION 明白吗？懂了没有？
  You can useunderstandin expressions likedo you understand?oris that understood?after you have told someone what you want, to make sure that they have understood you and will obey you.
  1. You do not hit my grandchildren, do you understand?...
     你不准打我的孙子孙女，明白吗？
  2. I don't need it, understand?...
     我不需要，懂吗？
  3. I don't want to hear another word about it. Is that understood, Emma?
     关于此事我不想再听到一个字，明白吗，埃玛？

双语例句

• At present nobody understands why these three quarks which are in the proton are bound together
  目前还没有人知道质子里面的这三个夸克为什么会结合在一起。
• This is absolutely necessary and perfectly just, and the whole nation understands that it is so.
  这是完全必要的和完全正义的，全国人民都明白这种必要性和正义性。
• He has a quick mind.; He's quick-witted.; He understands things quickly.
  他脑子快。
• I think he understands what you feel.
  我想他理解你的心情。
• Both Mary and Jane understands English.
  玛丽和简都懂英语。
• And in fact I think nobody understands me.
  我想没有人懂我。
• If he has a game plan for winning the deal, only he understands it
  假如他有拿下这笔交易的策略，也只有他自己才明白。
• Your Theory of Relativity nobody in the world understands, but you have already became a great man.
  您的相对论，世界上没人能看的懂，但是你已经成为了一个伟大的人。
• Everyone who knows you and loves you understands that.
  了解你和爱着你的人都能理解这一点。
• Once he understands, he will forgive everything.
  一旦他理解了，他会原谅一切的。