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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OK. I'll get the waiter.
好的，我去叫侍应生来。
When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained.
当船终于到达一个港口时，木盖打开了，孔塔这才第一次在日光下扫视了他被拴在那儿的那一部分船舱。
On his return to India he had the chance to travel to South Africa to work on a law case.
一回到印度，他就得到一个去南非办理一桩法律案件的机会。