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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ken /ken/ noun  beyond your ken UNDERSTANDif something is beyond your ken, you have no knowledge or understanding of it 超出了你的知识范围[理解程度] mysteries beyond our ken 我们无法理解的神秘事物Origin ken (1500-1600) ken “to know, recognize” ((13-21 centuries)), from Old English cennan “to make known” and Old Norse kenna “to be aware, understand”
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    ken
    ken /ken/ noun
     Date: 1500-1600
     Origin: ken __to know, recognize__ (13-21 centuries), from Old English cennan __to make known__ and Old Norse kenna __to be aware, understand__
    beyond your ken if something is beyond your ken, you have no knowledge or understanding of it:
        mysteries beyond our ken


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    kenBrE /ken/ 🔊NAmE /ken/ 🔊 noun●beyond your ken(old-fashioned) if sth is beyond your ken, you do not know enough about it to be able to understand it 为某人所不理解；在某人的知识范围之外
    kenBrE /ken/ 🔊NAmE /ken/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they ken BrE /ken/ 🔊 NAmE /ken/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it kens BrE /kenz/ 🔊 NAmE /kenz/ 🔊past simple kenned BrE /kend/ 🔊 NAmE /kend/ 🔊past participle kenned BrE /kend/ 🔊 NAmE /kend/ 🔊 -ing form kenning BrE /ˈkenɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkenɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) | ~ (that)… | ~ what, where, etc.… (ScotE, NEngE) to know 知道；懂得 HELP Kent is the usual form of the past tense used in Scotland. 在苏格兰过去时常用 kent。