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a. 已知的, 有名的
know的过去分词

  1. After chemical assay, we have known the composition of the ore.
    经过化学分析,我们知道了矿石的构成。
  2. Your theory doesn't square with the known facts.
    你的说法跟已知的事实不符.


known
[ adj ]
apprehended with certainty
<adj.all>
a known quantitythe limits of the known world
a musician known throughout the world
a known criminal


Know \Know\ (n[=o]), v. t. [imp. {Knew} (n[=u]); p. p. {Known}
(n[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knowing}.] [OE. knowen, knawen,
AS. cn["a]wan; akin to OHG. chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel.
kn["a] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere,
Gr. gighw`skein, Skr. jn[=a]; fr. the root of E. can, v. i.,
ken. [root]45. See {Ken}, {Can} to be able, and cf.
{Acquaint}, {Cognition}, {Gnome}, {Ignore}, {Noble}, {Note}.]
1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to
understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's
duty.

O, that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come! --Shak.

There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know
it. --Dryden.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow.

2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of;
as, to know things from information.

3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or
less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to
possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the
rules of an organization.

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. --Milton.

4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of;
as, to know a person's face or figure.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. --Matt. vil.
16.

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
--Luke xxiv.
31.

To know
Faithful friend from flattering foe. --Shak.

At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
--Flatman.

5. To have sexual intercourse with.

And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv. 1.

Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an
infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a
dependent sentence, etc.

And I knew that thou hearest me always. --John
xi. 42.

The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. --Sir
W. Scott.

In other hands I have known money do good.
--Dickens.

{To know how}, to understand the manner, way, or means; to
have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How
is sometimes omitted. `` If we fear to die, or know not to
be patient.'' --Jer. Taylor.


Known \Known\, p. p.
of {Know}.

  1. "What portion of the 12 percent are drivers is not yet known," said Richard Sykes, professor of speech communication at the University of Minnesota and director of the survey.
  2. The two-story frame farm house and the surrounding 25 acres in suburban Mount Pleasant had been slated for part of a residential development, but a citizens group known as Friends of Historic Snee Farm took title to the property over the weekend.
  3. When asked how today's scholars might approach an altered version, Mr. Greetham described a form of advanced literary analysis known as Reception Theory, in which "authorial intention has no particular precedence.
  4. After walking from his wheelchair to a row of microphones 15 feet away, Brady, known to his friends as "Bear," pronounced himself ready for work.
  5. It wasn't known who, if anyone, the guns were leveled upon.
  6. Maud Van Cortlandt Oakes, a well known author and self-taught anthropologist who studied Navajo and Guatemalan Indians, died Sunday after a long illness at age 87.
  7. If Bellamy had only known, his hero would have been mystified not only by organ music but also by cavernous echoes that seemed to issue from 100 yards behind his sofa.
  8. When the statistics laid the exalted mantel of extreme livability on Pittsburgh, a city once known as "hell with the lid off," even Rand McNally didn't believe it at first.
  9. Eight doctors and specialists from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, not previously known as a refuge for conservatives, have just reported their findings from an in-depth study of several hundred homeless people in Baltimore.
  10. The collection, in Hillsboro, N.H., is officially known as Kemp's Mack Museum.
  11. This practice is known in the industry as 'skin-to-skin' working. The report said the roof fall was caused by rock movement 'probably' triggered by 'the relatively high rate of advance of the working in the roadway'.
  12. The same can hardly be said for Finmeccanica. The company has thoroughly restructured its activities since the days when it was best known for its loss-making Alfa Romeo cars operation, sold to Fiat in 1986.
  13. Parkin, a known target of the Pentagon procurement probe, had been employed by the Navy's Joint Cruise Missile Project Office from 1977 to 1983.
  14. What is not so well known is a more blatant form. The Japanese government has profited, directly and enormously, from the anomalies in the Japanese securities markets created by the securities firms and banks.
  15. The Club of Rome, best known for its first report warning of the dangers unlimited growth pose to the planet, is bringing together thinkers and world leaders this week to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
  16. That the chancellor announces something which has long been known is barely worth reporting.
  17. No casualty figures were known for either side.
  18. The generals each headed the National Information Center, the disbanded secret police force known by its Spanish acronym CNI.
  19. The total amount of aid was not known.
  20. Gaviria was particularly critical of the country's largest guerrilla group, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, known by its Spanish acronym as the FARC.
  21. The scenario, played out 13 years ago in what became known as the Tiananmen Incident, is being repeated with haunting similarities as students mourn former Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang and demand political reforms.
  22. In the past, the hated secret police, popularly known as "Stasi," used repressive measures to help ensure 40 years of Communist control.
  23. Critics said the homosexuality measure, known as Clause 28, was a setback for gay rights in Britain and a swing toward authoritanian rule by Mrs. Thatcher and her government.
  24. They are often known for maverick investment strategies and high fees.
  25. The turnout wasn't known, but was thought to be high.
  26. Robert Stovall, president of Stovall/Twenty-First Advisers in New York, warns that "during bull markets, presidential speeches have been known to be rallykillers" because investors' high expectations are easily disappointed.
  27. The man born in 1961 has never known government as a "provider."
  28. The Viacom lawsuit claimed that the agreement, which the suit called "a form of extortion known as greenmail," constituted one the illegal acts needed for establishing a pattern of racketeering under that law.
  29. American Baby is one of just a handful of magazines that use a computerized binding process known as selective binding.
  30. Overhead charges, also known as indirect costs, have been the subject of much debate in academic circles, amid federal budget austerity and declining support for university research in general.
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