learn vt. (learned , learnt) 1.学,学到,学会;习得。 2.记住。 3.听到,知道,弄清楚,了解到。 4.〔俚语〕教。 learn English 学英语。 learn (how to) ride 学骑马。 learn the lines of a play 背台词。 I learn it from [of] him. 我是从他那里听来的。 learn the news of ...接到…的消息。 This will learn you to keep out of mischief. 这将教训你不要再捣蛋了。 vi. 1.学,学会。 2.听到,知道,认识到。 learn fast 学得快。 learn like a parrot 鹦鹉学舌般地背诵。 I learned of his death only yesterday. 我昨天才听说他去世。 I am [have] yet to learn the truth. 我还不知道真相呢〔带怀疑对方的口气〕。 It is learned that ... 据悉。 learn by [from] experience = learn to one's cost 学乖。 learn by heart 记住。 learn by rote 死记,机械地学会。 Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 〔谚语〕学得快,忘得快〔强记容易忘却〕。 We regret to learn that .... (函电等习用语)惊悉…。 adj. -able
composition n. 1.作文(法),作诗(法),作曲(法);作品,文章;乐曲;文体,措辞。 2.编制;结构,构造,组成,组织;成分;合成物。 3.素质,性格。 4.构图,配合,布置。 5.妥协,和解(条件);(私下了结的)和解费,(议定的)偿付额。 6.【印刷】排字。 7.【逻辑学】综合法,合成推理;【语法】复合法;【社会学】结合体。 Latin prose compositions 拉丁散文作品。 a stone composition石刻品。 He has not a spark of generosity in his composition. 他(性格中)一点肚量也没有。 a composition of 5sh. in the pound 每镑照赔五先令。 composition for violin 提琴曲。 composition of a picture 绘画构图。 composition of air 空气成分。 make a composition with (sb.'s creditors) 和(各债权人)议定偿还办法。
He often read or re - read a chapter at a time , during such pauses ; and he consoled himself that while he was not writing the great things he felt to be in him , he was learning composition , at any rate , and training himself to shape up and express his thoughts 在查阅时又往往一章一章地读下去,反复地读。他安慰自己说这虽还不是在写作自己心目中的伟大作品,却是在练习写作,培养构思和表达的能力。