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Definition of knowing in English: knowingadjective ˈnəʊɪŋˈnoʊɪŋ 1Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people. 会意的，心照不宣的 会意的微笑。 Example sentencesExamples - The trio share knowing smiles, suggesting a sexual familiarity I don't want or need to know about.
- Bernice emerged from the dressing room and gave me a knowing look.
- Over his shoulder I could see Dan watching me with a knowing smile, and I felt myself turn a darker shade of red.
- Lynn, Michelle and Tatiana broke off their conversation and gave each other knowing looks.
- Alana looked in and smiled a little knowing smile and nodded at us.
- Liam looked at his sister with a knowing smile and winked.
- She was watching us, observing us, and there was a knowing smile on her elfin face that sent a shiver down my spine.
- Like most of the vitriol directed their way, they take it with a pinch of salt, a knowing smile and a guarantee they'll have the last laugh.
- This was received with knowing glances and wry smiles.
- His lips curved into a knowing smile though Georgia tried to keep her expression as disinterested as possible.
- European passengers exchanged knowing smiles, amused or not very, according to taste.
- Mrs. Wexler walked out and closed the door, a small, knowing smile on her face.
- He gave Andrew a sharp, knowing look.
- One man, however, looked on from his seat in the stand with a knowing smile and a warm sense of satisfaction as he reflected on another job well done.
- Earlier this year, Liz Hurley was snapped walking out of the store swinging a bulging carrier bag and wearing a knowing smile.
- But now Draco turned to her with that knowing smile on his lips and his eyes shining brightly.
- Jade gave her brother a knowing look and smiled.
- Her knowing smile didn't give away the fact that she hoped one day he would see her as more than her brother's little sister.
- Dom and Matt exchanged knowing looks and roguish smiles, and Chris grave an exaggerated groan.
- Now he was on the couch, a knowing smile slowly spreading across his face.
Synonyms significant, meaningful, eloquent, expressive, suggestive, speaking arch, sly, cunning, mischievous, impish, teasing, playful enigmatic - 1.1derogatory Experienced or shrewd, especially excessively or prematurely so.
〈主贬〉（尤指过分地或过早地）世故的；精明的 today's society is too knowing, too corrupt 今日的社会太世故，太堕落了。 Example sentencesExamples - She seems a touch too knowing for a 14-year-old.
- The extras were derived from the local population and Jones remembers: ‘They were all very knowing because they'd all worked for Franco Zeffirelli on Jesus of Nazareth.’
- A team needs a mix of youth and experience, of young legs and knowing minds.
- As a person, though, she is very knowing, which is why she's trying to get through the whole thing with a minimum amount of fuss.
Synonyms sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, urbane, unprovincial, experienced, seasoned knowledgeable, well informed, enlightened shrewd, astute, acute, canny, sharp, wily, aware, perceptive, perspicacious informal having been around
2Done in full awareness or consciousness. 明知的，故意的 a knowing breach of the order by the appellants 上诉人明知故犯的抗命行为。 Example sentencesExamples - The title track, full of optimism and with knowing references to the band's past, is a marvellous way to start the new album.
- This national celebration was full of knowing ironies and jokes within jokes within jokes.
- In these cases, the conduct of the employees or agents did involve a knowing and deliberate breach of the order.
- The claimant originally pleaded that the bank was guilty of knowing receipt of funds transferred in breach of trust.
Synonyms deliberate, intentional, conscious, intended, calculated, wilful, volitional, purposeful, done on purpose, premeditated, preconceived, pre-planned, planned, aforethought
noun ˈnəʊɪŋˈnoʊɪŋ mass nounThe state of being aware or informed. 明知，已知 Example sentencesExamples - By the time students enter colleges or universities, if they do, their ideas and values about thinking and knowing will have been years in the making.
- This other way of knowing resists the objectification and categorization of our experience of place.
- As you can see the Vedic way of knowing suggests that knowledge is an intrinsic feature of the soul.
Phrases if we go there's no knowing what will happen Example sentencesExamples - If you leave, there is no knowing what might happen to you without my protection, or to your friends.
- There is no knowing whether the full-term child might have survived if he'd had proper assistance.
- Since then she has denied the media access and there is no knowing to what extent, if at all, she may have been afflicted by injuries or illness.
- Once an agitation takes hold, there is no knowing what turn events might take, particularly in view of the fact that political parties have largely lost touch with the masses and their problems.
- ‘If she dies there is no knowing what will happen,’ he said and slammed the doors as he left the room.
- Even if the region is now relatively safe, there is no knowing what will happen to the troops once they get there.
- A very fit and active 72-year old, she is obviously a woman who lives life to the fullest and with a gold medal for indoor rowing there is no knowing what she will achieve in the years that lie ahead.
- As for now there is no knowing for sure which way our high interest rates, hurtful as they are, will go especially if Government does reduce its borrowing.
- And the trouble has barely started - water supplies are contaminated, there is no food etc. etc. - once the epidemics start there is no knowing what might happen.
- While your eye may spot talent, there is no knowing whether or not the artist will stay the course, but with prices hovering around €300 it's a gamble worth taking.
Derivativesnoun From this point on, there is a postmodern knowingness to the writing. Example sentencesExamples - But Far from Heaven is a film of great emotional resonance precisely because it hasn't a trace of irony or knowingness.
- The series mostly stands apart by virtue of its knowingness - it series laughs at itself before anyone can take it too seriously.
- She narrates the early chapters with an innocence and knowingness that is touching, funny and disturbing.
- He is painter who is acutely self aware, but in a lesson to many other artists, he never lets that self awareness curdle into cloying knowingness.
Rhymeseasygoing, flowing, going, mowing, outgoing, showing, sowing, thoroughgoing, toing and froing Definition of knowing in US English: knowingadjectiveˈnoʊɪŋˈnōiNG 1Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people. 会意的，心照不宣的 会意的微笑。 Example sentencesExamples - Lynn, Michelle and Tatiana broke off their conversation and gave each other knowing looks.
- Earlier this year, Liz Hurley was snapped walking out of the store swinging a bulging carrier bag and wearing a knowing smile.
- Liam looked at his sister with a knowing smile and winked.
- Like most of the vitriol directed their way, they take it with a pinch of salt, a knowing smile and a guarantee they'll have the last laugh.
- He gave Andrew a sharp, knowing look.
- European passengers exchanged knowing smiles, amused or not very, according to taste.
- Bernice emerged from the dressing room and gave me a knowing look.
- This was received with knowing glances and wry smiles.
- Her knowing smile didn't give away the fact that she hoped one day he would see her as more than her brother's little sister.
- Alana looked in and smiled a little knowing smile and nodded at us.
- His lips curved into a knowing smile though Georgia tried to keep her expression as disinterested as possible.
- The trio share knowing smiles, suggesting a sexual familiarity I don't want or need to know about.
- Dom and Matt exchanged knowing looks and roguish smiles, and Chris grave an exaggerated groan.
- Over his shoulder I could see Dan watching me with a knowing smile, and I felt myself turn a darker shade of red.
- One man, however, looked on from his seat in the stand with a knowing smile and a warm sense of satisfaction as he reflected on another job well done.
- Mrs. Wexler walked out and closed the door, a small, knowing smile on her face.
- Jade gave her brother a knowing look and smiled.
- Now he was on the couch, a knowing smile slowly spreading across his face.
- But now Draco turned to her with that knowing smile on his lips and his eyes shining brightly.
- She was watching us, observing us, and there was a knowing smile on her elfin face that sent a shiver down my spine.
Synonyms significant, meaningful, eloquent, expressive, suggestive, speaking - 1.1derogatory Experienced or shrewd, especially excessively or prematurely so.
〈主贬〉（尤指过分地或过早地）世故的；精明的 today's society is too knowing, too corrupt 今日的社会太世故，太堕落了。 Example sentencesExamples - The extras were derived from the local population and Jones remembers: ‘They were all very knowing because they'd all worked for Franco Zeffirelli on Jesus of Nazareth.’
- A team needs a mix of youth and experience, of young legs and knowing minds.
- As a person, though, she is very knowing, which is why she's trying to get through the whole thing with a minimum amount of fuss.
- She seems a touch too knowing for a 14-year-old.
Synonyms sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, urbane, unprovincial, experienced, seasoned
2Done in full awareness or consciousness. 明知的，故意的 a knowing breach of the order by the appellants 上诉人明知故犯的抗命行为。 Example sentencesExamples - The title track, full of optimism and with knowing references to the band's past, is a marvellous way to start the new album.
- The claimant originally pleaded that the bank was guilty of knowing receipt of funds transferred in breach of trust.
- This national celebration was full of knowing ironies and jokes within jokes within jokes.
- In these cases, the conduct of the employees or agents did involve a knowing and deliberate breach of the order.
Synonyms deliberate, intentional, conscious, intended, calculated, wilful, volitional, purposeful, done on purpose, premeditated, preconceived, pre-planned, planned, aforethought
nounˈnoʊɪŋˈnōiNG The state of being aware or informed. 明知，已知 Example sentencesExamples - By the time students enter colleges or universities, if they do, their ideas and values about thinking and knowing will have been years in the making.
- This other way of knowing resists the objectification and categorization of our experience of place.
- As you can see the Vedic way of knowing suggests that knowledge is an intrinsic feature of the soul.
PhrasesExample sentencesExamples - Once an agitation takes hold, there is no knowing what turn events might take, particularly in view of the fact that political parties have largely lost touch with the masses and their problems.
- As for now there is no knowing for sure which way our high interest rates, hurtful as they are, will go especially if Government does reduce its borrowing.
- If you leave, there is no knowing what might happen to you without my protection, or to your friends.
- A very fit and active 72-year old, she is obviously a woman who lives life to the fullest and with a gold medal for indoor rowing there is no knowing what she will achieve in the years that lie ahead.
- And the trouble has barely started - water supplies are contaminated, there is no food etc. etc. - once the epidemics start there is no knowing what might happen.
- Even if the region is now relatively safe, there is no knowing what will happen to the troops once they get there.
- While your eye may spot talent, there is no knowing whether or not the artist will stay the course, but with prices hovering around €300 it's a gamble worth taking.
- There is no knowing whether the full-term child might have survived if he'd had proper assistance.
- ‘If she dies there is no knowing what will happen,’ he said and slammed the doors as he left the room.
- Since then she has denied the media access and there is no knowing to what extent, if at all, she may have been afflicted by injuries or illness.
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