ken
英 [ken]
美[k?n]
- n. 視野范圍，見地，知識范圍
常用詞匯TOEFLGRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?kens;過去式:?kenned;? kent;過去分詞:?kenned;? kent;現(xiàn)在分詞:?kenning;
中文詞源
ken 視野，知識范圍
來自古英語cennan,使知道，詞源同can,know.引申詞義視野，知識范圍。
英英釋意
- 1. range of what one can know or understand;
- "beyond my ken"
- 2. the range of vision;
- "out of sight of land"
英文詞源
- ken
- ken: [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know. In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative version of cunnan ‘know’ (ancestor of modern English can). Its relatives in other Germanic languages made the change from ‘make known’ to ‘know’ early – hence German kennen ‘know’, for example In the case of English ken, the impetus is thought to have come from Old Norse kenna ‘know’. The derived noun ken, as in ‘beyond one’s ken’, dates from the 16th century.
=> can - ken (v.)
- "to know," Scottish dialect, from Old English cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge" (in late Old English also "to know"), originally "make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with German kennen, Danish kjende, Swedish k?nna. Related: Kenned; kenning.
- ken (n.2)
- "house where thieves meet," 1560s, vagabonds' slang, probably a shortening of kennel.
- ken (n.1)
- "range of sight," 1580s, a nautical abbreviation of kenning.
考試真題
- In agrarian ( ' , 農(nóng)業(yè)的 ), pre-industrial Europe, you'd want to wake up early, start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you'd go back to work, says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- In agrarian, pre-industrial Europe, "you'd want to wake up early, start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you'd go back to work," says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific.
2016年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- Ludacris and the former CEO of Bank of America Ken Lewis are alumni of my college, as well as VICE's first female editor-in-chief, Ellis Jones.
2018年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
實用場景例句
- "Go and have a word with her, Ken," Webb instructed.
- “肯，去和她談?wù)劙?，”韋布吩咐道。
柯林斯例句
- Ken's jaw jutted with determination.
- 肯堅定地揚起下頜。
柯林斯例句
- Ken passed the books to Sergeant Parrott.
- 肯把那些書遞給帕羅特警官。
柯林斯例句
- Don't get Ken onto politics or we'll be here all night!
- 不要讓肯談起政治,否則我們就要在這里呆一夜了.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Red Ken won seat in Parliament.
- 左翼的肯贏得了議會席位.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Such things are beyond my ken.
- 我可不懂這些事.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Mr Burlatsky had been invited by his European parliament opposite number, Mr Ken Coates.
- 布爾拉茨基先生受到了歐洲議會同級官員肯·科茨先生的邀請。
柯林斯例句
- Ken was in the act of paying his bill when Neil came up behind him.
- 當尼爾從后面走過來時，肯正在付賬。
柯林斯例句
- Why people are prepared to tolerate a four hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond my ken.
- 為了農(nóng)村生活的模糊的好處,人們?yōu)楹胃试溉淌苊刻煸诼飞匣ㄋ膫€小時,這便超越了我的見識了.
《用法詞典》
- The subject matter was so technical as to be beyond the ken of the average layman.
- 該主題專業(yè)性太強，一般的外行人很難理解。
辭典例句
- Ken began to lament the death of his only son.
- 肯開始對獨子的死悲痛不已。
辭典例句
- Ken put out his foot and tripped me up.
- 肯伸出腳把我絆倒.
辭典例句
- The workings of the Stock Exchange are beyond most people's ken.
- 證券交易所的運作情況大多數(shù)人都不了解.
辭典例句
- Abstract words are beyond [ outside , not within ] the ken of children.
- 抽象的言辭 超出 小孩所理解的范圍.
辭典例句
- What happens after death is beyond our ken.
- 死后會怎樣我們不得而知.
辭典例句