knowing

英 [ˈnəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈnoʊɪŋ]

adj.  会意的; 心照不宣的; 知情的
v.  知道; 知悉; 了解; 认识到; 懂得; 意识到; 确信; 确知; 肯定
know的现在分词

现在分词：knowing　

BNC.14767 / COCA.12589

牛津词典

adj.

• 会意的；心照不宣的；知情的
  showing that you know or understand about sth that is supposed to be secret
  1. a knowing smile
     会意的微笑

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 会意的；心照不宣的；知情的
  Aknowinggesture or remark is one that shows that you understand something, for example the way that someone is feeling or what they really mean, even though it has not been mentioned directly.
  1. Ron gave her a knowing smile...
     罗恩朝她会意地一笑。
  2. Dan exchanged a knowing look with Harry.
     丹和哈丽心照不宣地交换了一下眼神。

英英释义

noun

• a clear and certain mental apprehension

adj

• highly educated
  1. knowing instructors
  2. a knowledgeable critic
  3. a knowledgeable audience
  Synonym:knowledgeablelearnedletteredwell-educatedwell-read
• evidencing the possession of inside information
  Synonym:wise(p)wise to(p)
• alert and fully informed
  1. a knowing collector of rare books
  2. surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on
  Synonym:knowledgeable
• characterized by conscious design or purpose
  1. intentional damage
  2. a knowing attempt to defraud
  3. a willful waste of time
  Synonym:intentional

双语例句

• He whispered my name to newspapermen, knowing that it would be bandied about
  他把我的名字悄声告诉了记者，明知道这会到处传开的。
• Ron gave her a knowing smile
  罗恩朝她会意地一笑。
• I can remember the thrill of not knowing what I would get on Christmas morning
  我还记得自己不知道圣诞节早晨会得到什么礼物时内心有多么激动。
• Can you abstract the watch from my pocket without my knowing it?
  你能从我衣袋里把表偷走而不让我察觉吗？
• He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say.
  他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。
• Dan exchanged a knowing look with Harry.
  丹和哈丽心照不宣地交换了一下眼神。
• We held each other's hand, not knowing what to say.
  我们握住彼此的手，不知说什么好。
• There was no knowing when he could be back.
  无法知道他什么时候回来。
• Very often you cannot know one without knowing the other.
  如果你不知其一，往往也不能知其二。
• How time flies! without knowing it, twenty years have passed.
  时光过得真快，一晃二十年了。