knowledge
n
1 [U] understanding 了解; 理解
A baby has no knowledge of good and evil. 小孩兒不解善惡.
2 [U, sing] all that a person knows; familiarity gained by experience 個(gè)人的知識(shí); 見(jiàn)聞
I have only
(a) limited knowledge of computers. 我的計(jì)算機(jī)知識(shí)很有限.
My knowledge of French is poor. 我不太懂法語(yǔ).
3 [U] everything that is known; organized body of information 學(xué)問(wèn); 學(xué)識(shí); 知識(shí)
all branches of knowledge 各門(mén)學(xué)問(wèn)
the sum of human knowledge on this subject 人類(lèi)對(duì)這一學(xué)科的知識(shí)總和.
4 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ))be common/public knowledge be known by everyonein a community or group 人所共知
It's pointless trying to keep your friendship secret it's common knowledge already. 你們無(wú)謂將友情保密--其實(shí)已盡人皆知了. come to sb's `knowledge (fml 文) become known by sb 被某人知悉
It has come to our knowledge that you have been cheating the company. 據(jù)我們了解你一直欺騙公司. to one's `knowledge
(a) as far as one knows 據(jù)自己所知
To my knowledge, she has never been late before. 據(jù)我所知, 她從未遲到過(guò).
(b) as one knows to be true 確知屬實(shí)
That is impossible, because to my (certain) knowledge he was in France at the time. 那不可能, 因?yàn)槲遥ù_實(shí))知道那時(shí)他在法國(guó). to the best of one's belief/knowledge => best3. with/without sb's `knowledge having/not having informed sb 告知[未告知]某人
He sold the car without his wife's knowledge. 他瞞著妻子把汽車(chē)賣(mài)了.