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小词详解 | vestige
vestige 英 [ˈvestɪdʒ] 美 [ˈvestɪdʒ]
Quayside, an area of flood-prone land stretching for 12 acres (4.8 hectares) on Toronto’s eastern waterfront, is home to a vast, pothole-filled parking lot, low-slung buildings and huge soyabean silos—a crumbling vestige of the area’s bygone days as an industrial port.
码头区(Quayside)位于多伦多东部水滨,是一片绵延12英亩(4.8公顷)的易涝地带,这里有一个遍地坑洼的宽阔停车场、若干低矮的建筑物和巨大的大豆筒仓——从这片破败的景观中可以窥见这里作为工业港口的过往。
——《经济学人》The marital naming law, supported by many conservatives who believe that women belong predominantly in the home supporting their husbands and families, is seen by some as another vestige of discrimination against women in Japanese society.
很多保守派支持夫妻同姓法,认为女性主要应在家里支持丈夫和家人,但有些人认为这项法律是日本社会歧视女性的一个遗留现象。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 某物消失或不再存在之后的痕迹
There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.
既没有开始的痕迹,也没有结束的迹象。
remnant: a small remaining quantity of something remainder: a part of something that is left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with relic: an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest