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's wife, Vicki, said: 'He's a broken man.'
  肯的妻子薇姬说：“他被毁了。”
• Why did George and Ken miss the train?
  为什么乔治和肯误了火车？
• But Ken and I are very happy.
  但我和肯很兴奋。
• Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.
  当尼尔从后面走过来时，肯正在付账。
• I'll tell Ken where you are.
  我将告诉肯恩你在哪里。
• I can't repair a car engine; it's quite beyond my ken.
  我不会修理汽车引擎，这超出了我的知识范围。
• Ken began to lament the death of his only son
  肯开始对独子的死悲痛不已。
• Ken and I liked it, too.
  肯和我也都喜欢。
• 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。
• Ken: Hello, My name's Ken. What's your name?
  肯：你好，我的名字叫肯，你叫什么名字？