learn 和 learn about的区别
这周做的翻译里的一句话: Note that the title above isn’t “how to learn everything”, but “how to learn about everything”. The distinction I have in mind is between knowing the inside of a topic in deep detail — many facts and problem-solving skills — and knowing the structure and context of a topic: essential facts, what problems can be solved by the skilled, and how the topic fits with others.
这里涉及到两个词的区别learn
和learn from
。
google了一下发现,区别还是很大的。
有人给出的解释是这样的:
I am learning Japanese. = I am studying the language. I want to speak, read, and write the language. I am learning about Japanese. = I am becoming informed about the features of the language. For example, that it has more than one alphabet and that it uses Chinese characters, too.
也就是说,learn
的意思就是它的本意,即学某一件事,比如,学日语。而learn about
的意思,去了解跟某一概念相关的相关的信息,比如,了解日语的字母是由一些中文字符组成。
另一个解释是:
To learn about something is to become aware that it exists and to know something of its history and/or its uses or other characteristics; to learn something is to actually acquire the ability to something.
同样地,learn about
是了解某件事情的历史或者它的用处以及其他一些属性。而learn
就是真的掌握一件事。
Reference
- http://www.english.com.tw/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=26412
- http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/123689-learn-vs-learn-about