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

• 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。
• 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。
• Ben and Ken often study together.
  本和肯经常一起读书。
• Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa
  肯答应陪我一起去非洲。
• Tom, Jim and Ken are good friends.
  汤姆、吉姆和肯是好朋友。
• 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 going to turn our program on.
  肯：我要启动我们的计划了。
• Ken's wife, Vicki, said: 'He's a broken man.'
  肯的妻子薇姬说：“他被毁了。”
• I can jump with my friend Ken.
  我可以和我的朋友肯一起跳。