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小词详解 | fathom
fathom 英 [ˈfæðəm] 美 [ˈfæðəm]
Take in the view from atop Gatun dam and fathom what is missing.
从加通大坝的顶部俯瞰,看看到底哪里不对劲。
——《经济学人》I have met these rich kids who have so much that I can’t comprehend, doing things that I can’t fathom.
我遇到过这些有钱的孩子,他们有很多我无法理解的东西,做着我无法理解的事情。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 经过深思熟虑后理解(某个难题或神秘人物)
He adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms (12 feet) of water - a navigable depth.
他的笔名取自他在蒸汽船上做工时听到的报告水深为两英寻(12英尺)——意即可以通航的信号语。
她把感情深深地隐藏在心中。但我们都知道他在那间舒适小店的身影永远留在了她的记忆中。
She kept her feelings hidden fathoms deep. But we all knew that her abiding memory was of him in the snug little shop.
多年来人们一直试图弄清双方可能会如何利用自己的影响力。
For years people have been trying to fathom (out) how both sides might use their clout.我真搞不懂斯坦纳在说些什么。他谈话中使用的晦涩行话对我是一团迷雾。
I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about. The arcane jargon in his talk was opaque to me.
罗莎陷入失望的无底深渊中去了。她总是重复的一句话就是她没有舒坦的生活。
Rosa sunk into the fathomless depths of despair. Her constant refrain was that she didn't have a snug life.
Interesting to fathom, it seemed to him, from a motive of curiosity pure and simple, was whether it was the traffic that created the route or vice-versa or the two sides in fact.
出于纯粹质朴的好奇心,他饶有兴趣地猜测着:究竟是交通造成路的呢,还是路造成交通的,抑或二者其实是相辅相成的呢?
comprehend: grasp mentally; understand grasp: get mental hold of; comprehend fully interpret: understand (an action, mood, or way of behaving) as having a particular meaning or significance