Fathom
[ 'fæðəm ]
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n. 英寻;
vt. 理解…的真意;推测，领会;测深;
📝 例句
Who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart?
谁能理解人心的奥秘呢？
fathom the cause of her success
探求她成功的原因
Pug no longer tried to fathom the President's purposes.
帕格不想再去探测总统的意图。
What these people hoped to achieve is hard to fathom.
这些人希望实现些什么目标难以揣测。
Your behavior is difficult to fathom.
你的行为令人难以揣摸。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※fathom-英寻,father-父亲:英寻最初是指父亲将双臂伸开的长度,后来统一为1.83米
※ fat-肥胖的,hom-home家:由于太肥了,所以不好意思在外边量体重只好在家里彻底了解一下是几位数
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
fathom
n
measure (6 feet or 1.8 metres) of the depth of water 英寻（水深量度单位, 合6英尺或1.8米）
The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深四英寻.
The ship sank in twenty fathoms. 该船下沉二十英寻. =>App 5 见附录5. fathom, v [Tn]
1 measure the depth of (water) 测量（水的）深度.
2 understand or comprehend (sb/sth) fully 充分理解（某人[某事物]）; 领悟
I cannot fathom his remarks. 我不能完全理解他的话.
3 (phr v) fathom sth out find a reason or explanation for sth 找出某事物的原因或理由
Can you fathom it out? 你能想出是怎麽回事吗?
🔁 扩展释义
*['fæðәm]n. 英寻(长度单位,合6英尺)vt. 测量深度, 看穿, 彻底了解vi. 测深【化】 英寻(深度单位,=1/8288米或6英尺)
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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We'll have to buy some more bricks. I don't think these will be enough.
我们需要买更多的砖。我认为这些不够。
I can understand why.
其原因我能理解。
Light the fire not so near the entrance that the wind will blow the fire out, and not so far in that the smoke will fill the cave, said my brother.
“不要太靠近洞口点火，风会把火吹灭的；也不要太靠里面，那样烟会充满山洞的，”我弟弟说，