Kaj understoodpomeni? Prosimo, pojasnite stavek Before the damage is understood.
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Rebecca
before bi bilo lažje razumeti, če pomislite na stavek, ki sledi, kot before others realize/understand how much damage has been done. Tukaj je understoodpodoben realized(za obvestilo) ali comprehended(za razumevanje). Primer: I didn't understand how bad our company's situation was until we went bankrupt. (Nisem se zavedal, kako slabo je naše podjetje, dokler nismo šli v stečaj.) Primer: The CEO didn't understand the company's dire straits until it was too late. ( CEOni razumel, kakšne so pomembne značilnosti podjetja, dokler ni bilo prepozno.)