Cognizance

['kɒ(g)nɪz(ə)ns] or ['kɑɡnɪzəns]

解释:

(noun.) range or scope of what is perceived.

(noun.) range of what one can know or understand; 'beyond my ken'.

校对:菲利斯--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

(n.) Recollection; recognition.

(n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.

(n.) The hearing a matter judicially.

(n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

(n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.

(n.) The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.

弗朗西斯整理

同义词及近义词：

n. Knowledge, cognition, observation.

埃斯特尔校对

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Notice, observation, recognition, knowledge, experience

ANT:Inadvertence, neglect, ignorance, inexperience, oversight, connivance

整理:彼得