learn
verb OPAL S
/lɜːn/
/lɜːrn/
动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they learn | /lɜːn/ /lɜːrn/ |
| he / she / it learns | /lɜːnz/ /lɜːrnz/ |
| past simple learned | /lɜːnd/ /lɜːrnd/ |
| past participle learned | /lɜːnd/ /lɜːrnd/ |
| (especially British English) past simple learnt | /lɜːnt/ /lɜːrnt/ |
| (especially British English) past participle learnt | /lɜːnt/ /lɜːrnt/ |
| -ing form learning | /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc.
学；学习；学到；学会 - learn something to learn a language/skill/trade
学习语言/技能/行业 - He had the opportunity to learn English in Australia.
他有机会在澳大利亚学习英语。 - learn (something) from somebody/something I learned a lot from my father.
我从父亲那里学到了许多东西。 - Everyone in the class had the opportunity to learn from each other.
班上的每个人都有机会互相学习。 - learn (something) from doing something You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.
你只要注意看其他运动员怎么做就能学到许多东西。 - learn (about something) She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.
她热衷于学习日本文化。 - The book is about how children learn.
这本书是有关小孩怎样学习的。 - She received no training but quickly learnt on the job (= while doing the job).
她没有受过训练，但很快就学会了工作。 - learn to do something He's learning to play the trumpet.
他正在学吹小号。 - Most people learn to read as children.
大多数人从小就学习阅读。 - learn how to do something Today we learnt how to use the new software.
今天我们学习了怎样使用这个新软件。 - learn what, where, etc… Students need to learn what to do in an emergency.
学生需要学习在紧急情况下该做什么。
Vocabulary Building Learning表示学习、练习的词 学习 - learn
学；学习： - He’s learning Spanish/to swim.
他在学西班牙语／游泳。
- He’s learning Spanish/to swim.
- study
学习；研究： - She studied chemistry for three years.
她学了三年化学。
- She studied chemistry for three years.
- revise (British English) (North American English review)
复习；温习： - In this class we’ll revise/review what we did last week.
本节课我们将复习上周所学的内容。
- In this class we’ll revise/review what we did last week.
- practise (British English) (North American English practice)
练习；实习： - If you practise speaking English, you’ll soon improve.
只要你练习说英语，很快就会进步。
- If you practise speaking English, you’ll soon improve.
- rehearse
排练： - We only had two weeks to rehearse the play.
我们只有两周时间排练此剧。
- We only had two weeks to rehearse the play.
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitives- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
Topics Educationa1- He's learning to dance.
他在学跳舞。 - He’s still learning how to dance.
他还在学习如何跳舞。 - Children learn very quickly.
小孩子学得非常快。 - He was eager to learn all she could teach him.
他急于学到所有她能教的东西。 - She learned from watching others.
她通过观察别人来学习。 - The children learn about art by painting.
那些孩子通过绘画学习艺术。 - Did you ever learn any languages?
你学过语言吗？ - Everyone learns in a slightly different way.
每个人学习的方式略有不同。 - He learned to ride when he was about three years old.
他大约三岁时就学会了骑马。 - I've forgotten most of what I learned at school.
上学时学的东西我大部分都忘记了。 - It's a bit overwhelming at first but don't worry, you'll soon learn.
一开始有点难以承受，但别担心，你很快就会学会的。 - Most of the kids here are eager to learn.
这里的大多数孩子都很好学。 - She's very interested in learning more about Japanese culture.
她很想多了解日本文化。 - I've got a lot to learn, haven't I?
我有很多东西要学，不是吗？ - You still have a lot to learn.
你还有很多东西要学。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- quickly
- soon
- …
- need to
- be eager to
- want to
- …
- about
- from
- through
- …
- learn something to learn a language/skill/trade
- [transitive] learn something to study and repeat something in order to be able to remember it
记住；背熟；熟记 - I learnt the poem by heart.
我背诵了这首诗。 - We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.
我们明天上学得背诵一段哈姆雷特的台词。 - You'll have to learn your lines by next week.
你下周前必须把台词背熟。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- quickly
- soon
- …
- need to
- be eager to
- want to
- …
- about
- from
- through
- …
- I learnt the poem by heart.
- [intransitive, transitive] to gradually change your attitudes about something so that you behave in a different way
认识到；意识到；（从…）吸取教训 - Some people never learn, do they?
有些人从来不学习，是不是？ - learn from something I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes.
我肯定她会从错误中吸取教训。 - Why do people so often fail to learn from experience?
为什么人们经常不能从经验中学习？ - learn (that)… He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.
他一定要明白不能老是随心所欲。 - They soon learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention.
他们很快了解到行为恶劣一定能引起别人的注意。 - learn to do something They soon learned to love living in the countryside.
他们很快学会了热爱农村生活。 - I soon learned not to ask too many questions.
我很快就意识到不能问太多的问题。
- Some people never learn, do they?
- [intransitive, transitive] to become aware of something by hearing about it from somebody else
听到；得知；获悉 - learn of something I first learnt of his death many years later.
许多年后，我第一次得知他的死讯。 - learn about something We only learned about the problems in May of this year.
我们是今年5月才知道问题的。 - learn (that)… We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.
我们听说她又结婚了，感到很惊讶。 - learn who, what, etc… We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.
我们几天前才得知新教师是谁。 - learn something How did they react when they learned the news?
他们听到这个消息有什么反应？ - it is learned that… It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.
据悉工厂将要裁减 500 个工作岗位。
- I learnt of her arrival from a close friend.
我从一位好友那里听说她到了。 - We first learned of the problem from her school.
我们从她的学校第一次得知这个问题。 - I was surprised to learn that he was only 23.
我惊奇地得知他只有 23 岁。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + learn- be astonished to
- be astounded to
- be intrigued to
- …
- of
- learn of something I first learnt of his death many years later.
词源Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore.
Idioms
know/learn/find something to your cost
- to know something because of something unpleasant that has happened to you
付出过代价（或吃了苦头）才知道 - He's a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost.
我吃了苦头后才知道他是个无情的商人。
- He's a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost.
learn (something) the hard way
- to find out how to behave by learning from your mistakes or from unpleasant experiences, rather than from being told
历经挫折才懂得
learn your lesson
- to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past
吸取教训
show somebody/know/learn the ropes
- (informal) to show somebody/know/learn how a particular job should be done
向某人演示／知道／学会如何做某事
you live and learn
- used to express surprise at something new or unexpected you have been told
（对得知的事物感到惊讶或意外）真是得活到老学到老，真想不到