knows

常见例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• I honestly don't know.
  我真的不知道。
• How could I know?
  我怎么知道呢?
• Spring had come before I knew.
  不知不觉已是春天。
• Who knows, perhaps they don't wish to come.
  谁知道,也许他们不愿来呢。
• Don't you know?She has been laid up for the last four days.
  你还不知道?她已病倒四天了。
• “The meeting has been put off.” “Yes,I know.”
  “会议延期了。”“ 我知道。”
• This, you know, is what I have in mind.
  你知道,这就是我的想法。
• There's no need to break the news gently,I've known for some weeks.
  没有必要这么小心翼翼地向我透露这个消息,我已经知道好几个星期了。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• She never got to know any of her neighbours though many years she stayed there.
  她虽然在那里住了那么多年,却连一个邻居都不认识。
• He knew all the surrounding fishing grounds like the palm of his hands.
  他对周围的渔场全都了如指掌 。
• He knows English and French.
  他懂英文和法文。
• Who knows most says least.
  懂得最多的人,说得最少。
• To know everything is to know nothing.
  样样皆通,样样不通。
• He knew poverty and sorrow in his early days.
  他早年饱尝过穷困和忧愁。
• They had never known modern medical care.
  过去他们从来没接受过现代化的医疗。
• “He teaches English at a nice school called The Chen Jinglun.”“I know it.”
  “他在一所挺不错的学校教英语,叫陈经伦。”“我知道那所学校。”
• A friend is never known till needed.
  患难之时认真友。

S+～+wh-to- v

• We all don't know how to start the engine.
  我们都不知道怎样发动这个引擎。
• Alf doesn't know how to appreciate favours.
  阿尔夫不识抬举。
• I really don't know which to choose, because they are both very nice.
  我真不知道该选哪一个,因为两个都很漂亮。
• The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving any excuse.
  不用什么借口便知道如何谢绝人家邀请吃饭的人,才是一个真正独来独往的人。
• You know where to get in touch with them, don't you?
  你知道在哪里和他们联系,是吧?

S+～+(that-)clause

• They know they are working for themselves.
  他们知道他们是为自己工作。
• They knew they could never have what city folks had.
  他们意识到他们将永远不会拥有城里人拥有的东西。
• You know that I am not a prejudiced man.
  你知道我不是怀有偏见的人。
• He knows that this is quite true.
  他意识到这是千真万确的事。

S+～+wh-clause

• Do you know where the conference is to be held?
  你知道会议在哪里召开吗?
• Do you know who was Napoleon?
  你知道拿破仑是谁吗?
• Do you know what I mean?
  我的意思你懂吗?
• God knows why they did it.
  没人知道他们为什么做那件事。
• I haven't been out anywhere since I don't know how long.
  也不知有多久了,我一直哪儿也没去。
• I don't know whether you like flowers.
  我不知道你是否喜欢花。
• She wants to know if she is right.
  她想知道自己是否正确。

用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +(to be/as) n./adj. / prep. -phrase

• I know him to be an American.
  我知道他是美国人。
• We know him to be honest.
  我们知道他很诚实。
• I've never known you so cheerful.
  我从来没看见你这样高兴 。
• They never knew him so excited before.
  他们从来没看见他这样激动过。
• They knew themselves to be in a difficult position.
  他们知道自己的处境很困难。
• You may know this film as Never Give an Inch －its British title.
  你或许知道这部电影的英国名字,《决不后退》。
• The actress likes to be known as May Diamond, although it is not her real name.
  尽管“五月钻石”不是这个女演员的名字,但她乐意别人这样称呼她。
• The African lion is known as the king of the forest.
  非洲狮子被称为森林之王。
• Mr. White is known in the town as a good family doctor.
  在该镇,怀特先生被认为是一位很好的家庭医生。

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• We've never known him to do anything unjust.
  我们从来没有说他做过任何不公正的事情。
• I never knew him to act without thinking.
  我从未发现他轻率行事过。
• He was known to have taken part in the Long March.
  人们都知道他参加过长征。

用作动词 (v.)

• What do you know about us?
  你对我们有什么了解?
• I didn't know the truth until she told me what happened.
  直到她告诉我发生的事,我才了解真相。
• I know what happened.
  我知道发生了什么事。
• Excuse me, do you know how to play chess?
  请问,你知道怎么下国际象棋吗?
• I've known Tom for years.
  我认识汤姆很多年了。

用作名词 (n.)

• Somebody in the know told me he's going to resign.
  有知情者告诉我他要辞职了。
• A friend who is in the know says she already left the country.
  一位知情的朋友说，她已经离开这个国家了。
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