cognition

名词 cognition:

1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
   同义词：knowledge, noesis

1. A feeling or emotion as distinguished from cognition, thought, or action.
   感情有别于认识，思想或行为的感情或情感
2. It is a leap in the process of cognition.
   这是认识过程的一次飞跃。

cog.ni.tion

n.（名词）
The mental process or faculty of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.
认识力：思想过程或认识才能，包括如意识、知觉、推理和判断等方面
That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge.
认识：开始知道的事物，如通过知觉、推理或直觉；知识

来源：
Middle English cognicioun
中古英语 cognicioun
from Latin cognitiô cognitiôn-
源自 拉丁语 cognitiô cognitiôn-
from cognitus [past participle of] cognôscere [to learn]
源自 cognitus [] cognôscere的过去分词 [学习]
co- [intensive pref.] * see co-
co- [加强的前缀] *参见 co-
gnôscere [to know] * see gnô-
gnôscere [知道] *参见 gnô-

【引伸】
cogni.tional
adj.（形容词）