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。
• I can jump with my friend Ken.
  我可以和我的朋友肯一起跳。
• Ken and Jane were there, too.
  肯和简也去了。
• 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。
• Ken: You do the talking! Andy, I am too nervous.
  你和她说吧，我太紧张了。
• Ken and I liked it, too.
  肯和我也都喜欢。
• Tom, Jim and Ken are good friends.
  汤姆、吉姆和肯是好朋友。
• 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？
• I like the three of them: Ken, Roger, and Joseph.
  我喜欢他们三个：肯，罗杰，和约瑟夫。
• KEN: I'm glad you took him out!
  我很高兴你做掉了他！