comprehension
comprehension — 名詞
1. The mental capacity needed to grasp the importance, meaning, or significance of
理解力
完全理解事物意義的能力
The mental capacity needed to grasp the importance, meaning, or significance of something — for example, understanding a difficult text, following a complex situation, or recognising why a person feels a certain way.
Rohan's comprehension of the science article improved after he read it twice.
Rohan 把那篇科學文章讀了兩遍之後，理解力提升了。
The teacher checked our comprehension by asking questions about the passage we read.
老師透過提問我們讀過的段落，來檢查我們的理解程度。
comprehension + of / checked + comprehension + by + verb-ing
Naoko's quick comprehension of the rules helped the team finish early.
Naoko 很快就理解了規則，幫助團隊提早完成任務。
The professor's explanation was beyond the comprehension of most first-year students.
教授的講解超出了大多數大一學生的理解範圍。
Parents often lack comprehension of how social media affects their teenage children.
家長們往往不了解社群媒體對他們青少年子女的影響。
- understanding
More general and less formal; the everyday alternative to 'comprehension'.
- grasp
Suggests firm control of the material at a practical level.
- apprehension
More intellectual and formal; often used in philosophical contexts.
文法句型
comprehension + of + noun phrase
beyond + possessive + comprehension
用法筆記
Frequently paired with the preposition 'of' to indicate what is being understood. The fixed phrase 'beyond someone's comprehension' means something is too difficult to understand. Less formal alternatives include 'understanding' or 'grasp'.
常見錯誤
2. A classroom task or exam that checks how well a student understands a text or sp
理解測驗
檢測學生語言理解能力的考試或練習
A classroom task or exam that checks how well a student understands a text or spoken passage in a particular language.
Felix scored full marks on the French comprehension exam.
Felix 在法文理解測驗中得到了滿分。
verb + marks on + language + comprehension
We have a listening comprehension test every Friday morning.
我們每週五早上都有聽力理解測驗。
listening comprehension
The comprehension section asked students to summarise the main ideas.
理解測驗的部分要求學生摘要出主要觀點。
Yasmin found the reading comprehension harder than the writing part.
Yasmin 覺得閱讀理解比寫作部分更難。
Bilal practised with old exam papers to prepare for the comprehension exercise.
Bilal 用舊的考題來練習，為理解測驗做準備。
- reading test
More specific; only covers written language, not listening.
- listening quiz
Specifically tests understanding of spoken language, usually shorter than a comprehension test.
文法句型
adjective + comprehension + noun
noun + comprehension + noun
用法筆記
Commonly paired with 'reading' or 'listening' before 'comprehension' to specify the skill being tested (e.g., 'reading comprehension', 'listening comprehension'). In British English, 'comprehension' alone often refers to such a test; in American English 'reading test' or 'listening quiz' is more frequent.
常見錯誤
3. The quality or fact of covering a wide variety of things or including many parts
涵蓋；包含
包含廣泛事物的性質或範圍
The quality or fact of covering a wide variety of things or including many parts within a whole; comprehensiveness.
Andrei argued that the comprehension of all subjects under one department was inefficient.
Andrei 主張，把所有科目歸在一個系底下涵蓋範圍太廣，反而沒有效率。
Aristotle's comprehension of justice covered both legal rules and moral character.
亞里斯多德對正義的涵蓋範圍包括了法律規範與道德品格。
someone's comprehension of [concept] — scope/inclusion sense
Talia's theory aimed at the comprehension of many different viewpoints within a single framework.
Talia 的理論旨在將許多不同觀點涵蓋在單一架構之中。
Jenna noted that the old definition had a wider comprehension than the new one.
Jenna 指出，舊的定義涵蓋範圍比新的更廣。
- comprehensiveness
The direct alternative; more transparent in meaning.
- inclusiveness
Focuses on not excluding any part; slightly different nuance.
- scope
Emphasises the range or extent of coverage.
- exclusiveness
Quality of deliberately leaving things out.
- narrowness
Limited range or scope, opposite of breadth.
文法句型
comprehension + of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Very formal and rare in everyday English. Occurs mainly in academic writing, philosophy, logic, and formal discourse about classification or scope. Learners at CEFR A1–B2 can ignore this sense; use 'comprehensiveness' or 'inclusiveness' instead.