Hector spent the winter learning how to cope with his blindness.
那个冬天赫克托都在学习如何适应失明的生活。
The teacher’s task is to help the pupil learn.
老师的任务是帮助学生学习。
learn (something) from somebody
I learned a lot from my father.
我从父亲那里学到了很多东西。
learn about
Kids can have fun and learn about music at the same time.
小孩子可以在学习音乐的同时得到乐趣。
learn what
Youngsters must learn what is dangerous and what is not to be feared.
小孩子必须要知道什么有危险,什么不要害怕。
The student will learn from experience about the importance of planning.
学生将从经验中学到制订计划的重要性。
5Don’t say that you ‘learn someone something’ or ‘learn someone how to do something’. Use teach: I taught him how to send an e-mail.
不要说 learn someone something 或 learn someone how to do something’。要用teach: I taught him how to send an e-mail.我教他怎么发送电子邮件。
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with learn
You learn to do something:
She’s learning to play the piano.
You learn how to do something:
She is learning how to play the piano.
✗Don’t say: She is learning playing the piano.
2find out 发现 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formalFIND OUT to find out information or news by hearing it from someone else or reading it 获悉,得知,听到SYN discover
I didn’t tell her the truth. She would learn it for herself soon enough.
我没有告诉她真相,很快她自己就会知道的。
learn of/about
He learned about his appointment by telephone yesterday.
昨天他从电话里得知自己被任命的消息。
learn (that)
Last week I learned that I was pregnant.
上个星期我得知自己怀孕了。
She was surprised to learn that he was a lot older than she had thought.
她惊讶地发现,他比她认为的要年长很多。
learn whether/who/why
I waited to learn whether I’d secured a college place.
我在等待大学录取的消息。
We have yet to learn who will be the new manager.
我们还不知道谁将成为新经理。
3remember 记住 [transitiveT]LEARN to get to know something so well that you can easily remember it 背熟,熟记,记住SYN memorize
The actors hardly had time to learn their lines before filming started.
演员们几乎没有时间记台词电影就开拍了。
4change your behaviour 改变行为 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LEARN to gradually understand a situation and start behaving in the way that you should 认识到,意识到
learn (that)
They have to learn that they can’t just do whatever they like.
他们必须明白做事不能随心所欲。
learn to do something
Young hairdressers must learn to treat the client as a person, not a head of hair.
年轻的发型师必须认识到要把顾客看作是人,而不只是一头头发。
I’ve told him a hundred times not to bully people, but he never learns.
我都跟他说了一百次不能欺负别人,可他从来都不明白。
learn from
You have to learn from your mistakes (=understand why what you did was wrong).
你一定要从自己的错误中吸取教训。
the lessons learned in the Gulf War
从海湾战争中吸取的教训
5somebody has learned their lessonLEARNused to say that someone will not do something wrong or stupid again, because they suffered as a result 某人已经得到教训
I’ve learned my lesson; I’ve now got a burglar alarm and a guard dog.
learn (something) the hard way• But, as Server shows us, he learned apathy the hard way.• I learned this the hard way.• She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guardslip at all.• The Lisa designers also learned this the hard way, and their computer shipped with 1024K, or a megabyte of memory.• I learned that the hard way, by losing a couple of first drafts of articles I was writing.• I learned the hard way that drugs weren't an answer to my problems.• Early on he learned - the hard way - that it was the passport to success.• He learned this the hard way, when he tried to move his head.• Mainlinemedicinelearned this the hard way when it first started to use anesthetics.
7.that’ll learn sb!spoken used when something bad has just happened to someone as a result of their actions, especially when they ignored a warning 这可以给某人一个教训!
learn to gain knowledge of a subject or skill, especially by being taught or trained 学习;学到;学会
How long have you been learning Italian?
你学意大利语多久了?
At what age can you learn to drive in America?
在美国要到什么年纪可以学开车?
study to learn about a subject by reading books, going to classes etc, especially at school or university 〔尤指在学校或大学〕学习,攻读
She’s studying music at Berkeley College in California.
她在加利福尼亚的伯克利学院学习音乐。
train to learn the skills and get the experience that you need in order to do a particular job 〔为了做某工作〕受训练[培训]
Julie’s training to be a nurse.
朱莉正在接受培训,准备当护士。
pick something up to learn something without much effort, by watching or listening to other people 〔轻松〕学会某事
It’s easy to pick up a language when you’re living in a country.
在一个国家生活,很容易就能学会那里的语言。
The rules of the game are easy – you’ll soon pick them up.
游戏规则很简单,你很快就能学会。
get the hang of something informal to learn how to do or use something that is fairly complicated, especially with practice 〔尤指通过练习〕学会做某事,学会使用某物〔指相当复杂的事物〕
It took me a while to get the hang of all the features on my new camera.
我花了点时间才学会使用新相机的所有功能。
reviseBritish EnglishBrE, reviewAmerican EnglishAmE to study facts again, especially on your own, in order to learn them before an examination 〔考试前〕温习,复习
Jenny’s upstairs revising for her Maths exam tomorrow.
珍妮在楼上为明天的数学考试复习。
master to learn something so well that you have no difficulty with it, especially a skill or a language 掌握〔尤指技巧或语言〕
She gave me a book called ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’.
她给我一本书,叫做《掌握法国烹饪艺术》。
I learnt Spanish for years but I never really mastered it.
西班牙语我学了很多年,但一直没能真正掌握。
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learn• I'm going to try to learn 12 new words each week.• Before you sail, you need to learn about basicboatcontrols.• Our children attend the group twice a week to learn about Sikhism.• Have you learned anything from the experience?• How long have you been learningGerman?• As an actor, she always had troublelearning her lines.• On this course, you will learn how to deal with communication problems.• How long did it take you to learn how to do this?• Dad taught us a Sanskritprayer, and we had to learn it off by heart and say it every day.• I've been trying to learn my lines, but I haven't gotten very far.• He felt that his son needed to learn some hard lessons about life.• I had learnt that as a woman, if your talents are ignored at work, you must be assertive.• I soon learned that it was best to keep quiet.• Never lend money to your friends - that's something I learnt the hard way.• I doubt if we will ever learn the truth.• If you have a good memory you can learn things by rote, but can you apply it in practice?• Do you think you can learn this tune for Friday's performance?• By sharing their problems, sufferers of the diseaselearn to cope with the symptoms.• His daughter's learning to drive.• Gradually, I learned to trust her.
learn (how) to do something• Chloe explains it takes a few days to learn how to breastfeed.• Didn't you learn to drive when you were 15?• Severaltechniques have been developed to teach demandfeeding to adults, to help them stop dieting and learn toeat normally.• How does the child learn toheed the warning?• Ed might have learned tolead.• Again David may have learnt a valuable lesson - children need to learn how to select friends who are good for them.• Brownlearned to play guitar, violin, harmonica, piano, mandolin, viola and drums.• The child can never learn to play without the parent playing with the child.• Therefore they do not learn tosolve their own problems through an awareness of the process of spirit.
learn of/about• I had learned about a minorsiegeconnected with an important river crossing not far from my home.• In the WhoUs Who section, you learn aboutfamous scientists.• I learned of her deathyesterday.• You should also remember that you too have safety needs and you should learn aboutpotentialdangers to yourself and other staff.• The students are learning about the actual job what the requirements are, what the expectations are.• But why did we have to wait 30 years to learn about them?• In the years to come they had much to learn about themselves; their managerialidentity was just beginning to take hold.• He learned about where the money came from and where it went, its excitingProtestant predictability.• I have developed a theory to explain recentincidents in the light of what I have learned about you.
learn ... lines• It's time for the synthetic actors to start learning their lines.• The fact could not be avoided: Michael Banks could no longer learn lines.• The only way for it to look any different is for Michael to learn the bloody lines.• He had little patience with learning lines, a habit which spread to members of his company.• Do not learn your lines, as this can make the talk rather stilted unless you are a competent actor.• On another part of the movie lot, Charlie Schlatter was learning his final lines of the drama.• George Birkitt got lazy about learning his lines too.
learn (that)• For all that I have learned a greater variety of games, there are fewer I can tolerate.• You hardly had to learn a thing.• But now I see he was totally useless to learn from.• Their goslings never learned how to migrate, and their descendants live on.• She should have learned long ago not to take him seriously.• A lot can be learned simply from the way a patientchooses to interpret a dream.• Children learn to speak and understand speech first and without the formalinstruction needed when learning to read and write.• They learn to talk without workbooks, homework lessons, curriculumguides, tests, or assignments.
1gain knowledge/skill學習ADVERB | VERB + LEARN | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤a lot學會很多◇I learned a lot from my father.我從父親那兒學了很多東西。➤quickly, soon學得快◇Children learn very quickly.小孩子學得非常快。➤ever, never總是/從不學習◇Some people never learn, do they?有些人從來不學習,是不是?VERB + LEARN➤need to需要學習▸➤be eager to, want to渴望/想要學習◇He was eager to learn all she could teach him.他急於學到所有她能教的東西。➤have a lot to有很多要學◇You still have a lot to learn.你還有很多東西要學。PREPOSITION➤about學習⋯◇The children learn about art by painting.那些孩子通過繪畫學習藝術。➤from從⋯中學習◇She learned from watching others.她通過觀察別人來學習。➤through通過⋯學習◇Children learn through play.孩子通過玩耍而學習。learn
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2become aware獲悉VERB + LEARN | PREPOSITIONVERB + LEARN➤be astonished to, be astounded to, be intrigued to, be surprised to驚訝地得知;好奇地得知;意外地獲悉◇I was surprised to learn that he was only 23.我驚奇地得知他只有 23 歲。➤be dismayed to, be saddened to沮喪地得知;傷心地獲悉PREPOSITION➤of得知⋯◇We first learned of the problem from her school.我們從她的學校第一次得知這個問題。
learn verb ⇨learn (learn a language)⇨find1 (be surprised to learn sth)⇨learn sth by heart⇨learnlearn
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learn ♦︎ study ♦︎ know ♦︎ acquire ♦︎ do ♦︎ memorize ♦︎ pick sth up ♦︎ master ♦︎ get the hang of sth ♦︎ revise ♦︎ learn/know sth by heart ♦︎ reviewThese words all mean to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience or from being taught.这些词均表示学会知识或技能。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to learn / know / pick up sth from sb / sth◆to study / revise / review (sth) for sth◆to learn / know / memorize / pick up / master / get the hang of what...◆to learn / know / master / get the hang of how...◆to learn / study to be sth◆to learn / study / know / do / pick up / master a language◆to learn / study / know / do / pick up / master French / Arabic, etc.◆to learn / study / know / do / master / revise / review a subject◆to learn / study / do / revise / review geography / biology, etc.◆to learn / acquire / pick up / master a skill◆to learn / do / memorize a poem / speech◆to memorize a number◆to learn / know a poem / speech / number (off) by heart◆to quickly learn / pick up / master sth◆to thoroughly learn / study / master / revise / review sth◆to study / revise hard■learn(learnt, learntorlearned, learned) [transitive, intransitive] to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience or from being taught; to read and repeat sth in order to be able to remember it学;学习;学会;熟记◆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。◆She's still quite young and she's got a lot to learn.她还年轻,有很多东西要学。◆She's very interested in learning more about Japanese culture.她很想多了解日本文化。◆I'll need to learn how to use the new software.我得要学习怎样使用这种新软件。◆He learned to ride when he was about three years old.他大约三岁时就学会了骑马。◆You'll have to learn your lines(= for an acting part) by next week.你下周前必须把台词背熟。◆Most of the kids here are eager to learn.这里的大多数孩子都很好学。◆All children learn through play(= by playing).所有孩子都从玩耍中学习。◆We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.我们明天上学得背诵哈姆雷特的一段台词。 see also learning ⇨ educationnoun■study [intransitive, transitive] to spend time learning about a subject by reading, doing research or going to school or college学习;攻读◆Michael studied at Sussex University.迈克尔曾就读于萨塞克斯大学。◆He sat up very late that night, studying.那天晚上他学习到深夜。◆As a young composer he studied under Nadia Boulanger(= Nadia Boulanger taught him to be a composer).他年轻时师从纳迪亚•布朗热学习作曲。◆Did you ever study any sciences?你是否曾学习过自然科学?◆She's studying to be an architect.她在学建筑。ⓘ In American English study is the usual word for talking about preparing for a test or exam.在美式英语中,复习备考通常用study◆I have two tests tomorrow, and I've barely had time to study.明天我要参加两个测验,可我几乎没有时间复习功课。◆I was up late studying for my biology final.我熬夜复习功课,准备生物学期末考试。In British English the usual word for this is revise.在英式英语中,表达此义通常用revise。 see also study ⇨ educationnoun■know(knew, known) [transitive] to have learned a skill or language; to have gained knowledge of sth学会,掌握,熟悉(技能或语言)◆Do you know how to use spreadsheets?你知道怎样使用电子数据表吗?◆Do you know any Japanese?你会日语吗?◆He knows this city better than anyone.他比任何人都要熟悉这座城市。 see also knowledge ⇨ knowledge■acquire əˈkwaɪə(r) [transitive] (formal) to gain knowledge or a skill获得,得到(知识或技能)◆She has acquired a good knowledge of English.她英语已经学得很好了。◆He decided to put his newly acquired skills to the test.他决定尝试一下自己新学到的技巧。 see also acquire ⇨ get1▸acquisition ˌækwɪˈzɪʃn
noun
[uncountable] ◆theories of child language acquisition儿童语言习得理论■do(does, did, done) [transitive] to study a subject, topic, book, etc., especially as a class at school or college学习,研究(尤指参加学校的课程)◆I'm doing physics, chemistry and biology.我在学习物理、化学和生物。◆Have you done any(= studied anything by) Keats?你研究过济慈的作品吗?■memorize (memorise) ˈmeməraɪz [transitive] to learn sth carefully so that you can remember it exactly记住◆She had memorized his phone number.她已经记住了他的电话号码。◆Each night I tried to memorize long lists of verbs.每天晚上我都努力把一长串一长串的动词记起来。 see also memory ⇨ memory■ˌpick sth ˈup
phrasal verb
(ratherinformal) to get information or gain a skill by chance, without making a deliberate effort(偶然)得到,听到,学会◆I picked up one or two words of Thai while I was on vacation.度假期间我学了一两句泰语。◆This is a tip I picked up from my mother.这个窍门是我从我妈那里学来的。■masterˈmɑːstə(r); NAmEˈmæstər [transitive] to learn or understand sth thoroughly精通;掌握◆Once you've mastered the basics, you can begin to experiment a little.一旦你掌握了基本原理,就可以开始做一些尝试了。■get the ˈhang of sth
idiom
(getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (informal) to learn how to do or use sth掌握⋯的要领;了解⋯的方法◆It seems tricky at first but you'll soon get the hang of it.刚开始似乎很难对付,不过很快你就能掌握其要领。◆I never quite got the hang of riding a bike.我一直没能掌握骑自行车的要领。■revise [intransitive, transitive] (BrE) to prepare for an exam by looking again at sth you have studied and reminding yourself of what you have learned复习;温习◆I can't come out tonight-I'm revising.我今晚不能出去,我在复习。◆She's revising for her exams at the moment.目前她正在复习备考。◆Have you revised geography yet?你复习完地理了吗?▸revision
noun
[uncountable] ◆Have you started your revision yet?你开始复习了吗?■learn sth by ˈheart■know sth by ˈheart
idiom
(learnt, learntorlearned, learned; knew, known)to learn and be able to remember sth such as a poem or set of facts exactly背熟;记住◆He was told to learn the passage by heart.他被告知要把这段文章背熟。◆ (BrE) I had dialled the number so often that I knew it off by heart.这个号码我拨过很多次,都记住了。■review [transitive, intransitive] (especially NAmE) to look again at sth you have learned or studied, especially in order to prepare for a test(尤指为备考而)温习,复习◆Take a little time to review your notes the evening before.前一天晚上你可以花点时间把笔记复习一下。ⓘ If you are talking about an individual student, review must take an object.以单个学生作主语时,review后面必须接宾语◆I need to review for my math final.Use study instead.但这种情况可以用study◆I need to study for my math final.我需要温习功课,准备数学期末考试。However, if you are talking about a teacher leading the class in a review, review can be used with or without an object.但如果是指老师带领全班同学复习功课,review后面接不接宾语均可◆I think it would be a good idea to review the material in chapter 10.我觉得复习第10章的内容是个好主意。◆Next week we're going to be reviewing for the final.下周我们要复习,准备期末考试。▸review
noun
[countable, uncountable] ◆I should have time for a quick review of my notes before the test.测验前我应该有时间把笔记过一遍。◆We'll have time at the end of class for review.接近下课时我们会有时间进行复习。