When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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adj. 不可能的,做不到的;難以忍受的;不會(huì)有的,不能相信的;
n. 不可能;不可能的事;
?? im不,無(wú),非+possible可能的→不可能的
"She was such a contrary child—it was impossible to please her."
這孩子老跟人作對(duì),沒(méi)法讓她高興。
近義:impracticable, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unreachable, unrealizable
反義:approachable, incidental, likely, obtainable, attainable, open
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(shù));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(wù)員使用.
近義:leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, riddlings, rubbish
adv. 不管到什么程度;無(wú)論如何;然而;可是;
conj. 不管怎樣;
?? how + ev =age (年齡,時(shí)代) + er [名詞后綴],表示人,行為的主動(dòng)者,做某事的人 → ad.然而;不管怎樣
"But I am very much believable, however, you'll get him to come."
我相信你不管怎樣都能把他請(qǐng)來(lái).
近義:instead, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, regardless
n. 真理;真相,事實(shí);忠實(shí),忠誠(chéng);現(xiàn)實(shí),現(xiàn)實(shí)性;
?? tru相信,真實(shí)+th抽象名詞 →事實(shí),真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 不大可能是真實(shí)的,不大可能的;未必確實(shí)的;未必會(huì)發(fā)生的;非概然;
"It seems improbable that the current situation will continue."
當(dāng)前的局勢(shì)似乎不大可能繼續(xù)下去。
近義:imaginary, implausible, unbelievable, uncertain, unlikely, utopical
反義:likely
aux. 必須;必然要;(做出邏輯推斷);(表示堅(jiān)持);
n. 必須做的事,必不可少的事物;葡萄汁;霉臭;麝香;
vt.& vi. (表示必要或很重要)必須;(提出建議)應(yīng)該;得;(表示很可能或符合邏輯)一定;
adj. 不可或缺的;狂暴的;
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干這項(xiàng)工作你得會(huì)說(shuō)法語(yǔ)。
近義:ought, should, necessaries, necessity, precondition, prerequisite