It is animals and plants which lived in or near water whose remains are most likely to be preserved,
只有生活在水中或水邊的動植物尸體最有可能被保存下來，
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 26 The past life of the earth
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
remains
[r?'menz]
n. 遺骨，遺體，殘骸，殘余，遺跡;廢墟，遺址，遺跡，剩余（物），余額;
v. 留下( remain 的第三人稱單數);保持;留待;仍然是;
?? re向后+mains留下 →剩余物
"Access to the documents remains restricted to civil servants."
這些文件仍僅限公務員使用.
近義：leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, riddlings, rubbish
adj. 可能的;適合的;有希望的;
adv. 可能;或許;大概;多半;
?? like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
這種糕餅用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近義：inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible
反義：imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
adv. （空間）在近處;在附近;（時間）臨近;（程度）幾乎;
prep. （表示程度）接近;（表示位置）靠近;（表示時間）將近;接近于（某種狀態）;
adj. 近的;親密的;近似;（親屬關系）近親;
"Police found fragments of glass near the scene."
警方在現場附近發現了玻璃碎片。
近義：approach, approximate, hither, hithermost, immediate, approximal
反義：isolated, outlying, remote, retired, secluded, separate
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域;
v. 給…澆水;供以水;加水稀釋;流淚;
?? 字母W像水的波浪，聯想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微風拂動水面.
近義：irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo