learn UK [lɜ:n] US [lɝ:n] (learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt) verb ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive ■to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity 学,学习•They learn Russian at school.他们在学校学俄语。 •"Can you drive?" "I'm learning."“你会开车吗?”“我正在学。” •I've learned a lot about computers since I started work here.自从到这里工作后我学到了不少电脑知识。 •[+ to infinitive] I'm learning to play the piano.我正在学弹钢琴。 •[+ question word + to infinitive] First you'll learn (how) to use this machine.首先你要学习(怎样)使用这台机器。 ESSENTIAL transitive ■to make yourself remember a piece of writing by reading it or repeating it many times 记住,记•I don't know how actors manage to learn all those lines.我不知道演员是怎样记住那么多台词的。 •We were told to learn Portia's speech by heart (= be able to say it from memory) for homework.我们得到告知功课是要熟练背诵鲍西娅的演说。 ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive ■to start to understand that you must change the way you behave 开始醒悟,开始明白•She'll have to learn that she can't have everything she wants.她必须明白她不可能想要甚么就有甚么。 •She soon learnt not to contradict him.她很快就明白了不能和他作对。 •He's not afraid to learn from his mistakes.他勇于从错误中汲取教训。 ADVANCED intransitive or transitive ■to be told facts or information that you did not know 听说,获悉,被告知•We were all shocked to learn of his death.听到他的死讯我们都很震惊。 •[+ (that)] I later learnt (that) the message had never arrived.我后来听说从来就没有收到过那个消息。 •I only learnt about the accident later.那宗事故我只是后来才听说的。 UK [lɜ:n] US [lɝ:n] (learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt) verb learn your lesson ADVANCED ■to suffer a bad experience and know not to do it again 接受教训,吸取教训•I got horribly drunk once at college and that was enough - I learnt my lesson.我上大学时有一次喝酒醉得很厉害,那一次就够了——以后我就接受教训了。 UK [lɜ:n] US [lɝ:n] (learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt) verb learn to live with sth ■to accept a new but unpleasant situation that you cannot change 学会接受,学会与…共处•It's hard not having him around but I've learned to live with it.他不在身边我很难过,但我已经学会了接受这个现实。 UK [lɜ:n] US [lɝ:n] (learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt) verb Common Learner Errors learn or teach?Warning: choose the right word!To talk about giving someone knowledge or instructing or training someone, don't say 'learn', say teach : ✗ Parents must learn their children the difference between right and wrong.Parents must teach their children the difference between right and wrong. |