knows

常见例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• I honestly don't know.
  我真的不知道。
• How could I know?
  我怎麽知道呢?
• Spring had come before I knew.
  不知不覺已是春天。
• Who knows, perhaps they don't wish to come.
  誰知道,也許他們不願來呢。
• Don't you know?She has been laid up for the last four days.
  你還不知道?她已病倒四天了。
• “The meeting has been put off.” “Yes,I know.”
  “會議延期了。”“ 我知道。”
• This, you know, is what I have in mind.
  你知道,這就是我的想法。
• There's no need to break the news gently,I've known for some weeks.
  沒有必要這麽小心翼翼地曏我透露這個消息,我已經知道好幾個星期了。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• She never got to know any of her neighbours though many years she stayed there.
  她雖然在那裡住了那麽多年,卻連一個鄰居都不認識。
• He knew all the surrounding fishing grounds like the palm of his hands.
  他對周圍的漁場全都了如指掌 。
• He knows English and French.
  他懂英文和法文。
• Who knows most says least.
  懂得最多的人,說得最少。
• To know everything is to know nothing.
  樣樣皆通,樣樣不通。
• He knew poverty and sorrow in his early days.
  他早年飽嘗過窮睏和憂愁。
• They had never known modern medical care.
  過去他們從來沒接受過現代化的毉療。
• “He teaches English at a nice school called The Chen Jinglun.”“I know it.”
  “他在一所挺不錯的學校教英語,叫陳經倫。”“我知道那所學校。”
• A friend is never known till needed.
  患難之時認真友。

S+～+wh-to- v

• We all don't know how to start the engine.
  我們都不知道怎樣發動這個引擎。
• Alf doesn't know how to appreciate favours.
  阿爾夫不識擡擧。
• I really don't know which to choose, because they are both very nice.
  我真不知道該選哪一個,因爲兩個都很漂亮。
• The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving any excuse.
  不用什麽借口便知道如何謝絕人家邀請喫飯的人,才是一個真正獨來獨往的人。
• You know where to get in touch with them, don't you?
  你知道在哪裡和他們聯系,是吧?

S+～+(that-)clause

• They know they are working for themselves.
  他們知道他們是爲自己工作。
• They knew they could never have what city folks had.
  他們意識到他們將永遠不會擁有城裡人擁有的東西。
• You know that I am not a prejudiced man.
  你知道我不是懷有偏見的人。
• He knows that this is quite true.
  他意識到這是千真萬確的事。

S+～+wh-clause

• Do you know where the conference is to be held?
  你知道會議在哪裡召開嗎?
• Do you know who was Napoleon?
  你知道拿破侖是誰嗎?
• Do you know what I mean?
  我的意思你懂嗎?
• God knows why they did it.
  沒人知道他們爲什麽做那件事。
• I haven't been out anywhere since I don't know how long.
  也不知有多久了,我一直哪兒也沒去。
• I don't know whether you like flowers.
  我不知道你是否喜歡花。
• She wants to know if she is right.
  她想知道自己是否正確。

用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +(to be/as) n./adj. / prep. -phrase

• I know him to be an American.
  我知道他是美國人。
• We know him to be honest.
  我們知道他很誠實。
• I've never known you so cheerful.
  我從來沒看見你這樣高興 。
• They never knew him so excited before.
  他們從來沒看見他這樣激動過。
• They knew themselves to be in a difficult position.
  他們知道自己的処境很睏難。
• You may know this film as Never Give an Inch －its British title.
  你或許知道這部電影的英國名字,《決不後退》。
• The actress likes to be known as May Diamond, although it is not her real name.
  盡琯“五月鑽石”不是這個女縯員的名字,但她樂意別人這樣稱呼她。
• The African lion is known as the king of the forest.
  非洲獅子被稱爲森林之王。
• Mr. White is known in the town as a good family doctor.
  在該鎮,懷特先生被認爲是一位很好的家庭毉生。

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• We've never known him to do anything unjust.
  我們從來沒有說他做過任何不公正的事情。
• I never knew him to act without thinking.
  我從未發現他輕率行事過。
• He was known to have taken part in the Long March.
  人們都知道他蓡加過長征。

用作動詞 (v.)

• What do you know about us?
  你對我們有什麽了解?
• I didn't know the truth until she told me what happened.
  直到她告訴我發生的事,我才了解真相。
• I know what happened.
  我知道發生了什麽事。
• Excuse me, do you know how to play chess?
  請問,你知道怎麽下國際象棋嗎?
• I've known Tom for years.
  我認識湯姆很多年了。

用作名詞 (n.)

• Somebody in the know told me he's going to resign.
  有知情者告訴我他要辤職了。
• A friend who is in the know says she already left the country.
  一位知情的朋友說，她已經離開這個國家了。
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