英语释义

• come to understand

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

• (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

片语

recondite fathom深奥的

Nautical Fathom海寻

look through浏览，温习；看穿，识破；从…中显露

see through<非正>帮助渡过难关

russian fathom苏联层单位

Fathom Consulting政策咨询公司法腾咨询

Fathom Trawl湛水捕捞

fathom curve水深线

fathom line测量线；测量索；等深线

piled fathom运输造纸木材及坑木的运费计算单位

Fathom FiveFathom Five by Robert Westall is a children's historical novel set during the Second World War, the sequel to The Machine Gunner It was first published in 1979.

英汉例句

• thus it is difficult to fathom why so many of them insist on exposing this magnificent treasure to public derision by using it for the wrong purpose.

  因此很难理解，为什么有这么多人甘愿利用这个宏大的宝藏去达到不道德的目的，令其遭受世人的嘲笑。

• none of us will fully fathom the great truths of life until we finally unite with eternity at death.

  我们当中也没人能洞悉生命的伟大真理，除非我们最终在死后与永恒相联合。

• i could not fathom this kind of perseverance and wondered how long these beleaguered people would last before they'd had enough of their water woes and moved somewhere else.

  我无法理解他们这种坚持，我很想知道这些缺水的人们还要等多久才会最终放弃挖到水的信念而搬到其他地方。

• 「deep,」 in this case, means deepest. the 「six」 in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.

  在这个词中，deep意思是最深的，而six来自英寻（fathom），1英寻等于6英尺，略小于2米。

• i have heard of writers who read nothing but their own books, like adolescents they stand before the mirror,and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them.

  我听说一些作家，除了自己的书外，别的书一概不读，犹如希腊神话中那位漂亮的少年，站在镜前，不能辨认自身的真面目。

• bernanke said that more work is needed about instances when decision makers are so uncertain that they cannot fathom what might happen next.

  伯南克表示，当决策者面对不确定的环境，不知道下一步会发生什么时，就更需求花时间研究案例。

• danny gabay, of fathom consulting, says the reaction of markets last week to the statement of g20 finance ministers in st andrews was indicative of the over-optimistic mood.

  英国金融顾问机构fathomconsulting的丹尼·加贝（dannygabay）表示，市场上周对20国集团财长于圣安德鲁斯所发表的声明的反应，表明市场存在过分乐观的情绪。

• from an outsider’s point of view, it is nearly impossible to fathom why a woman might return to an abusive relationship.

  从旁观者的角度来看，我们几乎不可能理解为什么一个女人会回到受虐的恋爱关系中去。

• he recognises the limits of even the most sophisticated sigint: gchq can track the movements of armed forces but cannot always fathom what those forces are up to.

  他承认即使最成熟的通信情报也是有所不足的：gchq可以追蹤陆海空三军的动向但并不能总是看清这些军事力量的真正目的。

• 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。

• without such a window on their investments, it is hard to fathom the interests of other funds—how they vote on shareholder motions, for example.

  如果其它基金没有提供这样一个披露其投资的窗口，很难弄清楚他们的偏好-比如，他们怎样对股东提议进行表决。

• for me, my life had changed and i had accepted jesus as my savior, but my parents could not fathom that.

  对于我来说，我的生活改变了，我接受了耶稣是我的救主这件事，而我父母却不能理解。

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