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Knowingness

“Knowingness” 指的是一种不仅是“知道”,还带有一种“洞察一切”或“知根知底”的态度。它往往描述一个人表现出的那种“我已经看穿你了”的狡黠、世故或成熟。

  1. “She gave him a look of cool knowingness as if she knew his secret.” (她带着一种老练而洞若观火的表情看着他,仿佛知道他的秘密。)
  2. “The film’s knowingness about Hollywood cliches made it very funny.” (这部电影对好莱坞陈词滥调的敏锐洞察使其非常有趣。)
  3. “There was a certain knowingness in the child’s smile that was slightly disturbing.” (那个孩子的微笑中透着一种老练,让人感到有些不安。)

源自 “know”(知道)。

  • 词根: know (知道)
  • 后缀: -ing (构成形容词)
  • 后缀: -ness (构成名词)

在文学评论中,“knowingness” 经常被用来形容一个作家或一个作品对某种文化或社会现象的深刻把握。而在社交场合,这种“心领神会”的眼神(a knowing look)是成年人之间传递私密信息的重要方式。

  • 相关词汇: know (动词), knowing (形容词, 心领神会的), knowingly (副词)

“Know”(知道)+ “ing” + “ness”。当你表现出非常“知情”的状态时,你就是在展现你的 “knowingness”。

“When the teacher asked who had hidden the chalk, the whole class remained silent. But Toby noticed a flicker of knowingness in Sarah’s eyes. She didn’t say anything, but that small, sharp look told him that she knew exactly where the chalk was—and she wasn’t planning on telling anyone.” (当老师问是谁藏了粉笔时,全班保持沉默。但托比注意到莎拉眼中闪过一丝心领神会。她什么也没说,但那一抹敏锐的神情告诉他,她非常清楚粉笔在哪儿——而且她不打算告诉任何人。)