ken

英 [ken]

美 [ken]

n.  视野; 知识范围; 理解范围
v.  知道; 懂得

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习惯用语

n.

beyond your ken
• 为某人所不理解；在某人的知识范围之外
  if sth is beyond your ken , you do not know enough about it to be able to understand it

牛津词典

noun

noun

verb

• 知道；懂得
  to know

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 为…所不理解；在…的知识范围之外
  If something isbeyondyourken, you do not have enough knowledge to be able to understand it.
  1. The subject matter was so technical as to be beyond the ken of the average layman.
     该主题专业性太强，一般的外行人很难理解。

英英释义

noun

• the range of vision
  1. out of sight of land
  Synonym:sight
• range of what one can know or understand
  1. beyond my ken
  Synonym:cognizance

双语例句

• Ken and I liked it, too.
  肯和我也都喜欢。
• Ken: You do the talking! Andy, I am too nervous.
  你和她说吧，我太紧张了。
• Mr Burlatsky had been invited by his European parliament opposite number, Mr Ken Coates.
  布尔拉茨基先生受到了欧洲议会同级官员肯·科茨先生的邀请。
• I can jump with my friend Ken.
  我可以和我的朋友肯一起跳。
• My name's ken. ken's my name.
  我是肯。肯是我的名字。
• My friend Ken is a man of ambition.
  我的朋友肯是一个野心勃勃的人。
• I want you to go to Ken and tell him I took that needle.
  我想要你找肯恩而且告诉他我带了那一根针。
• KEN: I'm glad you took him out!
  我很高兴你做掉了他！
• Ben and Ken often study together.
  本和肯经常一起读书。
• Ken's wife, Vicki, said: 'He's a broken man.'
  肯的妻子薇姬说：“他被毁了。”