learn/lɜːn/ (learned或learnt, learned或learnt)

vt

1. 学，学习；学会

• When are you going to learn to drive? 你打算什么时候学开车？

• Have you learned your lessons? 你的功课都学会了吗？

2. 获悉，知道；听说

• We have not yet learned whether he has arrived safely. 我们还不知道他是否安全到达。

• We learned the news this morning. 我们今天早上听到这个消息。

3. 记住

• He learned the poem so he could recite it. 这首诗他记住了，所以能背出来。

• learn a text by heart 背熟一篇课文

4. 旧 教；教训

• He learned me how to play chess. 他教我下棋。

• This will learn you to keep out of mischief. 这将使你得到教训，不要再捣乱了。

vi

1. 学习

• learn from sb. 向某人学习

• learn from one's mistakes 从错误中学习

2. 获悉，知道，听说

• I'm sorry to learn of your wife's death. 知道你妻子去世了我很难过。

词组learn of (或 about) 听说，了解

• I was sorry to learn of your illness. 听说你生病了，我很不安。

learn off 背熟，记牢

• She has learned the two poems off. 她已背熟了这两首诗。

learn one's lesson 吸取教训

• I'll never do that again - I've learned my lesson! 我再也不这样了，我已经吸取教训了！