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adj. 已知的；知名的；大家知道的
v. 知道（know的过去分词）

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A person of integrity not only sets high moral and ethical standards but also makes them known to others.

Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful

What does the author mean by saying "money is known .

What is British food generally known for?

The study of how genes and environment interact to influence psychological activity is known as behavioral genetics.

They're known as the black box.

If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals.

You've known from month the report is due today.

When I look at my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I've known whom I never disliked, but simply didn't take the time to get to know.

They had known each other since childhood

The woman has known the speaker for a long time.

A recent email from the yarn (纺纱) company Red Heart titled "Health Benefits of Crocheting and Knitting" prompted me to explore what else might be known about the health value of activities like knitting.

And so far, this green sea slug is the only known animal that can be truly considered solar-powered, although some animals do exhibit some plant-like behaviors.

Andorra is also known for its excellent skiing locations.

Cairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution.

Companies from Google to L'Oréal to IBM to Wells Fargo are known to use some degree of gamification in their workplaces.

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known to be unimpressed by the declining taste of early 18th century cooking, but under pressure to entertain Paris' high society, he too called Careme to his kitchen at Tuileries Palace.

Increasingly, companies are tapping into these desires directly through what has come to be known as "gamification": essentially, turning work into a game.

It was not known, however, whether central fatigue might also affect motor systems not directly involved in the exercise itself, such as those that move the eyes.

It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coal miners.

Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of internet retailers.

Now known as "New York's shared space for art and play," the island, which lies between Manhattan and Brooklyn in Upper New York Bay, is closed to cars but open to summer tourists who flock for festivals, picnics, adventures, as well as these "legal graff

One of the best known of these small countries is Monaco.

Prior to the new study, little was known about the risks of getting directly infected by common respiratory viruses, such as the flu or common cold, on an airplane, the researchers said.

That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the "first-night" effect.

The driving force behind much of this change was an innovation popularly known as the Internet.

The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes.

Then the doctor gave me a scraping treatment known as "Gua Sha".

These microplastics included a substance commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and liquid containers.

These microscopic layers of deposits containing bacteria are known as biofilms and they are found on most surfaces and objects.

These teams are trained annually using a framework known as the three Ps: people, property, product.

To find out, researchers gave 11 volunteer cyclists a carbohydrate solution either with a moderate dose of caffeine, which is known to stimulate the central nervous system, or as a placebo without, during 3 hours of cycling.

Warming waters are known to contribute to coral bleaching and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea levels.

Woolworths is one of the best known names on the British high Street.

Mothers are far more likely than fathers to take advantage of this law,But extended leaves and part-time employment are known to be harmful to careers—for both genders.

And with women a second factor comes into play:most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement(once known as the "mommy track")and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment

She was known as a supporter of fake science.

Another aspect of social comparison in the counseling context relates to a technique known as normalizing.

Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is no known copyright holder – these make up an estimated 5-10% of the books Google has scanned.

Books whose copyright holders are not known are called orphan works

Since then the debate has become less emotional, not least because a lot more is known about the subject.

In the America of our own time, the great educational challenge has become an effort to strengthen the teaching of what is now known as the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math)

The interplay between music and math is well known.

When he submitted his papers in 1905, Einstein was little known in academic circles.

was little known in academic circles.

was known as a young genius in math calculations

There is no easy way to measure racism directly; instead psychologists assess what is known as "implicit bias", using a computer-based test that measures how quickly people associate positive and negative words—such as "love" or "evil"—with photos of black or white faces.

And that box there to confirm you have known driving convictions, thank you, and then sign there.

He chose colors and styles known to communicate power and influence.

They are known to be the style of the sports world

With no known vaccination or cure available, it seems only a matter of time until another epidemic erupts.

Or you can be the honest type negotiator who's known to his partners in negotiation and always plays everything straight.

Already it is known that bones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls

At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and Insects that were not previously known.

But when our diverse team of researchers from six different disciplines and eight different countries began to review what was known, we were shocked that only a dozen previous studies had been done, including one we ourselves completed on language divers

Cascadia is what's known as a "megathrust" fault.

Germany is known for its efficiency and refined engineering, but when it comes to its new ghost airport, this reputation could not be further from the truth.

However, the largest known wooden churches were built from the 1130s onwards.

I think she is to be commended for making an effort to include anecdotes about little known female scientist.

In 1699 she sailed with her daughter nearly 5,000 miles from the Netherlands to South America to study insects in the jungles of what is now known as Suriname.

My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years.

Perhaps there is less to fight about, with the country in a period of tranquility and the dangers of drug abuse and other unwholesome behavior well known.

Rather than adding other metals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severe mechanical deformation, known as temp-forming.

RIBA Robot for Interactive Body Assistanc, also known as "Robear", can help patients into and out of wheelchairs and beds with its strong arms.

Still, Jones represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

The Cascadia Earthquake Zone is big enough to compete with San Andreas it's been called the most dangerous fault in Americ, but it's much lesser known than its California cousin.

The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.

The strike comes in light of an unsuccessful 19 months of negotiations after the existing labor contract known as the Interactive Media Agreement expired in late 2014.

Although he is known to only a few people here, his reputation abroad is very great.

At first the price of single copies was seldom a penny-usually two or three cents was charged-and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents.

At some time in the past Yellowstone must have blown up with a violence far beyond the scale of anything known to humans.

But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare.

CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known lasalle quartet, CCM's philharmonic orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting baroque through modern music.

Chewang norphel lives in a mountainous region in india, where he is known as the ice man.

For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away by car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

From there, dogsled drivers- known as "mushers" - would carry it to nome in a relay.

Her talent for sprinting was known to all.

I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area.

I must have always known reading was very important because the first memories I have as a child deal with books.

It had been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature — that's what accounted for all its hot springs and other steamy features.

It might have saved me some trouble had I known the schedule.

It used to be a well-known maze.

Later, engineers managed to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels, which became known to the tube.

Michelle Higgins, eminent photographer and columnist for quite a few internationally-known travel magazines.

Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work.

None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called "movers and Shakespeares".

She grew up in one of jamaica's toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers.

The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the cincinnati zoological garden on September 1, 1914.

There is, however, a second less known type of volcano that doesn't involve mountain building.

They were imparting what papa had known all along -- the value of continual learning.

To make the city known to the world.

Unlike authoritarian management, some cultures, particularly in asia, are well known for the consultative nature of decision-making—all members of the department or work group are asked to contribute to this process.

We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

What the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds, vocs for short.

When the studio didn't want me for the film -- it wanted somebody as well known as paul -- he stood up for me.

While chronologica tells the stories of famous people in history such as thomas edison and Alexander the great, this book also gives an account of the lives of lesser-known individuals including the explorer Mungo Park and sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

Williams, a well-known painter, came to see him work.

But in late September 2009, officials reported there was significant flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the samples tested are the new swine flu, also known as A H1N1, not seasonal flu.

Following the explosion of creativity in Florence during the 14th century known as the Renaissance, the modern world saw a departure from what it had once known.

In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as Lovelife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.

In the early 1900s in North America, German-born American anthropologist Franz Boas developed a new theory of culture known as historical particularism.

Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people .

little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what is already known and believed.

Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.

One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known.

since 1914, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape —expend less energy.

Such food service operators range from snack machines to large institutional catering ventures, but most of these businesses are known in the trade as "horeca": hotels, restaurants and cafes.

The air flowing over a bird's wings curls upwards behind the wingtips, a phenomenon known as up wash.

The runaway success of The pickwick Papers, as it is generally known today, secured Dickens' fame.

The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known, housed the three Executive Branch Departments most intimately associated with formulating and conducting the nation's foreign policy in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first

The truth will not be known for years.

This theory was known as diffusionism.