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

• 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。
• My name's ken. ken's my name.
  我是肯。肯是我的名字。
• Ken began to lament the death of his only son
  肯开始对独子的死悲痛不已。
• Ken and Jane were there, too.
  肯和简也去了。
• I like the three of them: Ken, Roger, and Joseph.
  我喜欢他们三个：肯，罗杰，和约瑟夫。
• 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。
• My friend Ken is a man of ambition.
  我的朋友肯是一个野心勃勃的人。
• KEN: I'm glad you took him out!
  我很高兴你做掉了他！
• 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 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。