( ralph and ken have know each other for some time through work.
(因工作的关系Ralph与ken认识已有一段时间。
On one level it was highly technical, beyond the ken of most laymen.
从某种意义上说,这个问题具有高度技术性,是多数门外汉无法搞懂的。
A spire swam into my ken.
一个尖塔滑进我的视界。
The workings of the Stock Exchange are beyond most people's ken.
证券交易所的运作情况大多数人都不了解.
Abstract words are beyond [outside, not within] the ken of children.
抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围。
📖 牛津释义
ken
n
(idm 习语) beyond/outside one's ken not within one's range of knowledge 超出某人知识范围
The workings of the Stock Exchange are beyond most people's ken. 证券交易所的运作情况大多数人都不了解.
ken v (-nn-, pt kenned or kent, pp kenned) [Tn, Tf, Tw]
(Scot 苏格兰) know 知道.
🗣️ 情景例句
No, I'm sorry. This is our rock-bottom price.
很抱歉,这是我们的最低价格。
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.
午夜前睡一小时抵得上午夜后睡三小时。
My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person.