understanding是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 理解， 理解力； 谅解a. 了解的， 通情达理的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This much, Jerry, with his head becoming more and more spiky as the law terms bristled it, made out with huge satisfac-tion, and so arrived circuitously at the understanding that the aforesaid, and over and over again aforesaid, Charles Darnay, stood there before him upon his trial; that the jury were swearing in; and that Mr. Attorney-General was mak-ing ready to speak.
-- I had not known how to do it well, not understanding how the wind would set when we were out of the harbour.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I've not long...yesterday...I mean today...I arrived," answered Levin, in his emotion not at once understanding her question.
-- He threw down the cigar, understanding her, and departed through the doorway.
-- "Nothing, father," answered Dolly, understanding that her husband was meant.
-- "I often think men have no understanding of what's not honorable though they're always talking of it," said Anna, without answering him.
-- said Anna, radiant with a smile of happiness, and not understanding a word of what Betsy had said.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He noted that Madeline was not only a rare and understanding spirit but also an extraordinarily desirable woman--fresh color, tender eyes, adorable slope from shoulder to side.
-- At Mohalis he was pleased by large facilities for work, by excellent assistants, endless glassware, plenty of guinea pigs, enough monkeys; but he was bored by the round of teaching, and melancholy again in a lack of understanding friends.
-- She had always been proud of her father, understanding the mysterious and unreasoning compulsions of his science, but she had been in awe till now, when he walked heavily and spoke rarely.
-- They had that understanding of each other known only to married people, a few married people, wherein for all their differences they were as much indissoluble parts of a whole as are the eye and hand.
-- It happened that he was, without Martin or Gottlieb ever understanding it, the most brilliant as well as the least pompous and therefore least appreciated warrior against epidemics that the world has known.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The injured man opened his eyes and without recognition or understanding gazed at Raskolnikov who was bending over him.
-- He kept trying to say something to her; he began moving his tongue with difficulty and articulating indistinctly, but Katerina Ivanovna, understanding that he wanted to ask her forgiveness, called peremptorily to him: 'Be silent!No need!I know what you want to say!'
-- Both of them had heard of the quarrel from Nastasya, so far as she had succeeded in understanding and reporting it, and were in painful perplexity and suspense.
-- Raskolnikov looked at him with surprise, not understanding where he had come from and not having noticed him in the crowd.
-- He seemed to be trying in that latter stage to escape from a full and clear understanding of his position.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As my mother stooped down on the threshold to take me in herarms and kiss me, the gentleman said I was a more highlyprivileged little fellow than a monarch- or something like that; formy later understanding comes, I am sensible, to my aid here.
-- Without exactly understanding whatlearned distinction was meant by this, I respected him greatly forit, and had no doubt whatever of his superior knowledge: thoughhe never took the pains with me- not that I was anybody- that Mr.Mell had taken.
-- Not understanding whathe meant, I repeated inquisitively: 'Came to an end, Mr.
-- I tried to ascertain whether Mr. Dick hadany understanding of the causes of this sudden and great change inmy aunt's affairs.
-- 'In this position of affairs,' said Miss Lavinia, again referringto her notes, 'and admitting his visits on this understanding only,we must require from Mr. Copperfield a distinct assurance, on hisword of honour, that no communication of any kind shall takeplace between him and our niece without our knowledge.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to oth-ers,' rejoined Mr. Woodhouse, understanding but in part.
-- Her early attachment to herself was very amiable; and her inclination for good company, and power of appreciat-ing what was elegant and clever, shewed that there was no want of taste, though strength of understanding must not be expected.
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