[in sing.]one's range of knowledge or sight 知识面;眼界 such determination is beyond my ken. 我无法理解这样的决定。
(kenning; past and past participle kenned 或 kent)
[with obj.](Scottish & N. English)know (苏格兰,北英格兰)知道;认识 ds'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?. 你知道有谁能够这样自吹吗?。 ■recognize; identify 认出;识别 that's him—d'ye ken him?. 那就是 他——你认出他了吗?。
语源
Old English cennan 'tell, make known', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German kennen 'know, be acquainted with', from an Indo-European root shared by can and know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th cent