1、understand

理解；明白；聽懂

I think you heard and also understand me.

我想你聽到了我的話，也明白我的意思。

Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.

拉斯蒂點點頭，好像聽懂了那位老婦人的話似的。

理解（某人）

It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend.

要是有個真正理解我的人、有個朋友就好了。

Trish had not exactly understood his feelings.

特里希并沒有完全理解他的感受。

知道，明白，了解（所發(fā)生的事及其原因）

They are too young to understand what is going on.

他們還太小，不明白發(fā)生了什么事。

She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients.

她不明白為什么病人不能看電視。

2、finish

結(jié)束;做畢

As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself.

他一吃完就告辭離開了。

Mr Gould was given a standing ovation and loud cheers when he finished his speech.

古爾德先生結(jié)束演講后，全場起立鼓掌并熱烈歡呼。

(尤指在預(yù)定時間)結(jié)束，終結(jié)

The teaching day finishes at around 4pm.

一天的教學(xué)在下午4點左右結(jié)束。

When a play finishes its run, many of the costumes are hired out to amateur dramatics companies and schools.

一部戲劇連演結(jié)束后，很多服裝都會租借給業(yè)余劇團(tuán)和學(xué)校。

(以某種方式)(使)結(jié)束

The two of them finished by kissing each other goodbye.

他們兩人最后互相吻別。

The evening finished with the welcoming of three new members.

晚會的最后是歡迎3個新成員。