and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them.
站在鏡前,不能辨認出自身的真面目。
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 39 What every writer wants

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outline ['a?tla?n] 詞頻2 詞根: out
n. 梗概,大綱,提綱,草稿,要點,主要原則;外形,輪廓,輪廓線,輪廓畫法,略圖(畫法); vt. 概述;略述;畫輪廓,打草圖,描略圖;
?? out外,出+line線條→外部線條→大綱
"The outline of the mountain in the distance is dim."
遠處山脈的輪廓隱隱約約.
近義:paint, pencil, portray, represent, roughcast, schematize
vision ['v???n] 詞頻2 詞根: 觀看
n. 視力,視覺;美景,絕妙的東西;幻影;想像力; vt. 在幻覺中看到;幻想,想象;夢見;
?? vis看+ion表名詞→視力,眼界
"She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision."
她飽受頭暈目眩之苦。
近義:seeing, sight, view, foresight, apparition, phantasm
still [st?l] 詞頻1
adv. 仍,仍然;更,還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常,不斷地; adj. 不動的,靜止的;不狂暴的,溫柔的;沒有活力的,死氣沉沉的; n. 平靜,寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器; vt.& vi. (使某物)平靜下來,安靜;〈古〉燒(酒),蒸餾; conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了,他還是十分活躍。
近義:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify 反義:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
fathom ['f?e?m] 詞頻4
n. 英尋; vt. 理解…的真意;推測,領會;測深;
"It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child."
喪子之痛是難以體會的。
近義:plumb, probe, sound, study, understand
exact [ig'z?kt] 詞頻1 詞根: 行動
adj. 準確的;嚴密的;精密的,精確的; vt. 要求;苛求;迫使;強求;
?? ex(外)+act(做):做出來-做對- 精確的
"His memory is very exact; he never makes mistakes."
他的記憶非常準確, 從不出錯.
近義:require, summon, request, claim, demand, identical 反義:inaccurate, inconstant, incorrect, loose, mistakable, wrong

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