known
known 英 [nəʊn] 美 [noʊn]
adj. 已知的;知名的;大家知道的 v. 知道(know的过去分词)
- Something known is something people are aware of or know about. Don’t ask a known thief to walk your dog while you’re out of town, especially if she is known as the “Poodle Poacher.”
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- adj. 已知的;知名的;大家知道的
- v. 知道(know的过去分词)
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1. Hardly a man breathes who has not known great sorrow.
几乎没有一个已不知道极大忧伤的人活着。
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2. It is difficult to relate these results with any known cause.
这些结果很难与任何已知的原因联系在一起。
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3. He's always on the make; I have never known him do a disinterested action.
他这个人一贯都是唯利是图, 我从来不知道他有什么无私的行动。
- known (adj.) mid-13c., knouen, "well-known, famous, notorious," past-participle adjective from know (v.). From early 14c. as "recognized, not secret; familiar, not strange." As a noun, "that which is known," by 1863; earlier "famous person" (1835). In Middle English it meant "one's acquaintances." To make (something) known is from mid-14c.
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