20190131 fathom

fathom

【英英释义】

v. if you cannot fathom something, you are unable to understand it, although you think carefully about it. 透彻理解，深入了解，弄清……的真相 V wh 从句 /  V n  /  V P（小品词，短语动词的一部分） wh  /  V P n (not pron)即不包括人称代词 /  V n P      (not cont 没有进行时态) fathom=fathom out

n.  a fathom is a measurement of 1.8 metres or 6 feet, used when referring to the depth of water. 英寻（度量单位，等于1.8米或6英尺，用于指水深） usu num N

to understand something complicated or mysterious.

【词义深度解析】

fathom做动词时，表示“透彻理解，深入了解”，常见的表示“理解”的单词有understand, comprehend, figure out，与这些词相比，fathom有“深不可测”“绞尽脑汁也没有想透”的意味。

【例句学习】

1. Girls's behaviors/intentions are often hard to fathom.

2. I can't fathom him/her/it. 偏口语，难以看透某人或某事。

3. It's hard to fathom why people fall in love and how some of them would die for the one they love. 解读：问世间情为何物，直教人生死相许。

4. Higher barriers to trade will add to inflation and hurt GDP, but to an extent that is hard to fathom. 更严重的关税壁垒会提升通胀水平并导致GDP下滑，某种程度上这有点令人费解。

5. Of all the Trump administrations' many regulatory cuts, the unrolling of these modest improvements to school food is among the hardest to fathom.

cuts 指（经费）削减  unrolling 是指……慢慢铺展开来，进行中

在川普政府多项政策经费削减中，正在适度改善的校园餐项目经费的削减是其中最令人费解的。

【词汇运用】

1. 翻译：我们难以理解“无条件的爱”意味着什么。

It's hard to fathom for us what unconditional love means. （自己）

What unconditional love truly means is hard to fathom. / It's hard to fathom  what it means to love someone unconditionally. （参考翻译）

分析：参考翻译加了程度副词truly，无形中有强调的感觉，很棒的。句式多变。

2. 生活场景应用

If you want to get a good score in this final exam, it's crutial to fathom out what the professor has tought in  class.