測這個能力的練習
從「能力本身」變成「用來測那個能力的東西」：因為考試需要一個具體的形式，能力的名字就被拿去當題型的名字。
understanding exercise · noun · A2
An exercise that tests how well students understand written or spoken language.
理解測驗；理解練習
核心畫面
Picture words going in and meaning coming out. Comprehension is not the words themselves and not the knowledge afterwards — it is the ability that turns one into the other. Because schools need to measure that ability, the word also came to name the exercise built to test it.
可以想成：話進去，意思出來。comprehension 不是那些字，也不是聽懂之後留下的知識，而是「把前者變成後者」…更多收起
可以想成：話進去，意思出來。comprehension 不是那些字，也不是聽懂之後留下的知識，而是「把前者變成後者」的那個能力。因為學校需要測量這個能力，這個字後來也拿來指為了測它而設計的那種練習——台灣學生最熟悉的閱讀測驗就是。From the picture
Also in this word
understanding ability · noun · B1
The ability to understand something, especially spoken or written language.
理解；理解力
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
comprehensionnoun/ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
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A thorough understanding.
- Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.
- What appeal to him are the broad visions, the specious comprehension of the social order as a whole which a planned system promises.
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human-scienceslogicmathematicsThe totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
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ChristianityThe inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
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educationReading comprehension.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。