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

• When Ken Hom wrote his first book for the BBC he was asked to tone down the spices and garlic in his recipes.
  当肯·霍姆为英国广播公司写第一本书的时候，他被要求在菜谱里少用些香料和大蒜。
• But Ken and I are very happy.
  但我和肯很兴奋。
• I'll tell Ken where you are.
  我将告诉肯恩你在哪里。
• Tom, Jim and Ken are good friends.
  汤姆、吉姆和肯是好朋友。
• Why did George and Ken miss the train?
  为什么乔治和肯误了火车？
• 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: I'm going to turn our program on.
  肯：我要启动我们的计划了。
• 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？
• 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。