comprehend是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 理解， 领会； 包含， 包括，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The man who was steering received a smart blow, and could not comprehend the sudden attack.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- For some minutes he did not seem to comprehend the excitement around him; that is, he comprehended it and saw everything, but he stood aside, as it were, like some-one invisible in a fairy tale, as though he had nothing to do with what was going on, though it pleased him to take an interest in it.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The scout, while making his remarks, was busied in col-lecting certain necessary implements; as he concluded, he moved silently by the group of travelers, accompanied by the Mohicans, who seemed to comprehend his intentions with instinctive readiness, when the whole three disap-peared in succession, seeming to vanish against the dark face of a perpendicular rock that rose to the height of a few yards, within as many feet of the water's edge.
-- One fierce and wild-looking warrior approached the chief, bearing a load of the brush, and pointing exultingly to the deep red stains with which it was sprinkled, uttered his joy in Indian yells, whose meaning Heyward was only enabled to comprehend by the frequent repetition of the name 'La Longue Cara-bine!'
-- Duncan affected not to comprehend the mean-ing of their repeated and violent interrogatories, while his companion was spared the effort of a similar deception by his ignorance of French.
-- said Heyward, apprehensive the unconscious sisters might comprehend the nature of the detention, and conquering his disgust by a train of reflections very much like that of the hunter; 'tis done; and though better it were left undone, cannot be amended.
-- The scout significantly passed his hand across his own throat, and nodded, as if he said, 'I comprehend your mean-ing.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- With that he bowed and leered at me, and with a keen glance around which seemed to comprehend every object within his range of vision, however, small or trivial, went his way.
-- As the knocking, however, instead of accommodating itself to his lazy state, increased in vigour and became more importunate, as if in earnest remonstrance against his falling asleep again, now that he had once opened his eyes, Daniel Quilp began by degrees to comprehend the possibility of there being somebody at the door; and thus he gradually came to recollect that it was Friday morning, and he had ordered Mrs Quilp to be in waiting upon him at an early hour.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The ship was talking, as sailors say, loudly, treading the innumerable ripples with an incessant weltering splash; and until I got my eye above the window-sill I could not comprehend why the watchmen had taken no alarm.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To comprehend the meaning of these figures, it is necessary to observe that a quintillion is to a billion as a billion is to unity; in other words, there are as many billions in a quintillion as there are units in a billion.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was a travesty to look and to comprehend the man there.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I dine between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders.
-- With that he dashed headforemost out of the room, amid the merriment of the master and mistress, and to the serious disturbance of Catherine; who could not comprehend how her remarks should have produced such an exhibition of bad temper.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Yes, I do comprehend a great deal in it.'
-- 'You begin to comprehend me, do you?'
-- Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia, whose own misery was extreme, and who could not comprehend such hard-heartedness in any of the family.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Most unwilling was she to awaken from such a dream of felicity to comprehend all the unhappy truths which attended the affair; and for some time she refused to submit to them.
-- "Upon my word," replied Elinor, "I cannot tell you, for I do not perfectly comprehend the meaning of the word.
-- My behaviour must have seemed strange to you then; but now you will comprehend it.
-- CHAPTER 35Elinor's curiosity to see Mrs. Ferrars was satisfied. She had found in her every thing that could tend to make a farther connection between the families undesirable. She had seen enough of her pride, her meanness, and her determined prejudice against herself, to comprehend all the difficulties that must have perplexed the engagement, and retarded the marriage, of Edward and herself, had he been otherwise free; and she had seen almost enough to be thankful for her OWN sake, that one greater obstacle preserved her from suffering under any other of Mrs. Ferrars's creation, preserved her from all dependence upon her caprice, or any solicitude for her good opinion.
-- And with this pleasing anticipation, she sat down to reconsider the past, recall the words and endeavour to comprehend all the feelings of Edward; and, of course, to reflect on her own with discontent.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Less clever than she, he was naturally unable to comprehend her sensibility.
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