incomprehensively

/ɪŋkˌɑmpɹihˈɛnsɪvli/ adv

In an incomprehensive manner.

Word Origin The Latin 'prehendere' means 'to grasp, seize' — it's the root of 'comprehend' (grasp together), 'apprehend' (grasp toward), and 'reprehend' (grasp back, blame). 'Comprehensive' means grasping everything, and 'incomprehensively' means in a way that doesn't grasp everything. The same root gives us 'prehensile' and 'apprehensive'.

adv In an incomprehensive manner.

He explained the complex theory so incomprehensively that no one in the audience understood it.

(副词) 不全面地;片面地

他如此不全面地解释这个复杂理论,以至于听众中没有一个人理解。

(adverbio) De manera incompleta; de modo no exhaustivo.

Explicó la teoría compleja tan incompletamente que nadie en la audiencia la entendió.

(adverbe) superficiellement; sommairement; incomplètement; d'une manière superficielle [De manière incomplète ou superficielle, sans couvrir tous les aspects.]

Il a expliqué la théorie complexe de manière tellement incomplète (incomprehensively) que personne dans l'auditoire n'a compris.

(Adverb) unverständlich [Auf eine Weise, die schwer oder unmöglich zu verstehen ist; unklar oder verwirrend.]

Der Professor erklärte die Theorie so **incomprehensively**, dass niemand folgen konnte.

(副詞) 包括的でない方法で;不完全に。

彼はその複雑な理論をとても分かりにくく説明したので、聴衆の中に理解できた人は一人もいなかった。

(advérbio) incompletamente; superficialmente; de modo incompleto [De modo incompleto.]

Ele explicou a teoria complexa de forma tão incompleta que ninguém na plateia entendeu.

Word parts: in + com + prehens + ive + ly

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