fathom

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  • v.理解；彻底了解；弄清真相
  • n.英寻（测量水深单位，合 6 英尺或 1.8 米）
  • Web噚；推测；捉摸
Plural Form：fathoms  Present Participle：fathoming  Past Tense：fathomed  

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fathom
v.
1.
理解；彻底了解；弄清真相to understand or find an explanation for sth
It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
丧子之痛是难以体会的。
He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.
他弄不清这个男人的意思。
n.
1.
英寻（测量水深单位，合 6 英尺或 1.8 米）a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 6 feet or 1.8 metres
The ship sank in 20 fathoms.
船沉在水下 20 英寻处。
She kept her feelings hidden fathoms deep.
她把感情深深地隐藏在心中。

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1.
Other people may have been content staying at home and not traveling until they were in their 40s, but I could not fathom such a long wait.
很多人满足于在40岁之前留在家里不去旅行，可是我不能理解这种长久的等待。
hěn duō rén mǎn zú yú zài sì shí suì zhī qián liú zài jiā lǐ bù qù lǚ xíng , kě shì wǒ bù néng lǐ jiě zhè zhǒng cháng jiǔ de děng dài 。
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2.
It's a Who's Who of who earned the most, and how much they are worth that is almost too much to fathom.
这是一份谁赚的钱最多的名人录，而他们的财产多的令人难以相信。
zhè shì yī fèn shuí zhuàn de qián zuì duō de míng rén lù , ér tā men de cái chǎn duō de lìng rén nán yǐ xiāng xìn 。
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3.
So saying it cannot occur just because the alternative is too bad to fathom, I think, is a bit too easy to say.
所以说它不会发生仅仅是因为抉择太难参透，我想，说说容易而已。
suǒ yǐ shuō tā bú huì fā shēng jǐn jǐn shì yīn wèi jué zé tài nán cān tòu , wǒ xiǎng , shuō shuo róng yì ér yǐ 。
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4.
This was all pre-Microsoft Office monopoly, if you can fathom such a time.
如果你读懂了这样一个前微软办公软件时代，便可知道这些就是这个时代的所有垄断软件产品。
rú guǒ nǐ dú dǒng le zhè yàng yī gè qián wēi ruǎn bàn gōng ruǎn jiàn shí dài , biàn kě zhī dào zhè xiē jiù shì zhè ge shí dài de suǒ yǒu lǒng duàn ruǎn jiàn chǎn pǐn 。
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5.
The sheer diversity of these bodies' masses, sizes, compositions and orbits challenges those of us trying to fathom their origins.
这些行星具有各式各样的质量、大小、组成与轨道，对于想要探索它们起源的人来说，是极大的挑战。
zhè xiē xíng xīng jù yǒu gè shì gè yàng de zhì liàng 、 dà xiǎo 、 zǔ chéng yǔ guǐ dào , duì yú xiǎng yào tàn suǒ tā men qǐ yuán de rén lái shuō , shì jí dà de tiǎo zhàn 。
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6.
eg. Their talk is often hard to fathom but their exuberance still comes through.
他们的谈话往往很难懂，但他们的兴奋之情还是显露了出来。
tā men de tán huà wǎng wǎng hěn nán dǒng , dàn tā men de xīng fèn zhī qíng hái shì xiǎn lù le chū lái 。
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7.
His momentary weakness had vanished with the explanation of a mystery which his own experience had not served to fathom.
他的经验所不能解决的疑团，现在已经得到解释，因而，刚才那种一时的懦弱已经随之消失。
tā de jīng yàn suǒ bù néng jiě jué de yí tuán , xiàn zài yǐ jīng dé dào jiě shì , yīn ér , gāng cái nà zhǒng yì shí de nuò ruò yǐ jīng suí zhī xiāo shī 。
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8.
She stops and looks at me with sad eyes, eyes that seem to say that she understands, that she, too, cannot fathom why I am here.
她站及看着我用哀伤的眼睛，眼睛好像说她明白，她也不会明白我为什么在这里。
tā zhàn jí kàn zhe wǒ yòng āi shāng de yǎn jing , yǎn jing hǎo xiàng shuō tā míng bái , tā yě bú huì míng bái wǒ wèi shén me zài zhè lǐ 。
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9.
It is, in general, hard to fathom what he sees or thinks, which is both the point and a bit of a problem.
总之，很难参透他到底在看什么或是想什么，这既是影片的重点却也带来一点问题。
zǒng zhī , hěn nán cān tòu tā dào dǐ zài kàn shén me huò shì xiǎng shén me , zhè jì shì yǐng piàn de zhòng diǎn què yě dài lái yì diǎn wèn tí 。
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10.
I spent the night trying to reassure her, and she sent me off the next morning displaying a distinct uneasiness which I could not fathom.
整个晚上我都在安慰她，第二天她带着我无法理解的焦躁不安催我动身。
zhěng gè wǎn shang wǒ dōu zài ān wèi tā , dì èr tiān tā dài zhe wǒ wú fǎ lǐ jiě de jiāo zào bù ān cuī wǒ dòng shēn 。
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