名詞 cognition:

1. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
   同義詞：knowledge, noesis

1. A feeling or emotion as distinguished from cognition, thought, or action.
   感情有別于認(rèn)識(shí)，思想或行為的感情或情感
2. It is a leap in the process of cognition.
   這是認(rèn)識(shí)過(guò)程的一次飛躍。

cog.ni.tion

n.（名詞）
The mental process or faculty of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.
認(rèn)識(shí)力：思想過(guò)程或認(rèn)識(shí)才能，包括如意識(shí)、知覺(jué)、推理和判斷等方面
That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge.
認(rèn)識(shí)：開(kāi)始知道的事物，如通過(guò)知覺(jué)、推理或直覺(jué)；知識(shí)

來(lái)源：
Middle English cognicioun
中古英語(yǔ) cognicioun
from Latin cognitiô cognitiôn-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cognitiô cognitiôn-
from cognitus [past participle of] cognôscere [to learn]
源自 cognitus [] cognôscere的過(guò)去分詞 [學(xué)習(xí)]
co- [intensive pref.] * see co-
co- [加強(qiáng)的前綴] *參見(jiàn) co-
gnôscere [to know] * see gnô-
gnôscere [知道] *參見(jiàn) gnô-

【引伸】
cogni.tional
adj.（形容詞）