"明白"在英语中可以表示为"understand"。这个词是由英语中的"under"（在下面）和"stand"（站立）组合而成，意思是"站在理解的地位上"。
例句：
I don't understand what you're trying to say. (我不明白你在说什么。)
Can you explain it to me in a way that I will understand? (你能用我能明白的方式解释给我吗？)
She finally understood the concept after the teacher explained it to her several times. (她在老师多次解释后终于明白了这个概念。)