Knowing

(noun.) a clear and certain mental apprehension.

(adj.) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; 'knowing instructors'; 'a knowledgeable critic'; 'a knowledgeable audience' .

(adj.) evidencing the possession of inside information .

达伦编辑

• He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He wondered at her, knowing she was aware of his presence. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He told me, in return, that he wondered I had arrived at my time of life, without knowing that a doctor's skin was waterproof. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Not knowing what else to do with my girl while I was nursing in Cumberland, I put her to school at Limmeridge. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• One was called the Ars Memorandi, or Art of Remembering, and the other the Ars Moriendi, or Art of Knowing How to Die. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That prying scoundrel, Hartright, may come back without my knowing it, and may make use of her to-morrow---- Not he, Percival! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I begin to think I must be a swell in the Guards without knowing it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Well, Guster, my girl, said he, at first not knowing what to say. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Did you do those two things, without knowing it, too? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And once or twice lately, when he was alone in the evening and had nothing to do, he had suddenly stood up in terror, not knowing what he was. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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