knew

英 [njuː]

美 [nuː]

v. 知道; 知悉; 了解; 认识到; 懂得; 意识到; 确信; 确知; 肯定
know的过去式

柯林斯词典

A hush fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened.
人群突然一片肃静，我知道一定发生了什么可怕的事。
Nice work, Matthew. I knew you could do it.
干得好，马修。我知道你能行。
There chanced to be someone there I knew.
在那里碰巧我有认识人。
She knew at once that he was concealing something from her.
她马上知道了他有事瞒着她。
One false move and I knew Sarah would be dead.
我知道萨拉一失足就会没命了。
She knew from experience that Dave was about to tell her the truth
经验告诉她戴夫就要对她说出实情了。
I scarcely knew him
我几乎不认识他。
I felt a little bump and I knew instantly what had happened
我感觉到一点儿轻微的碰撞，便立刻意识到发生了什么。
I knew him by sight but had never spoken with him.
我和他有过几面之缘，但从未说过话。
He had made a thorough investigation. No wonder he knew so much about it.
他对此事做了彻底的调查，怪不得他了解得那么多。