...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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adj. 不可能的,做不到的;難以忍受的;不會有的,不能相信的;
n. 不可能;不可能的事;
?? im不,無,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,沒法讓她高興。
近義:impracticable, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unreachable, unrealizable
反義:approachable, incidental, likely, obtainable, attainable, open
pron. 無論什么;任何(事物);諸如此類;(表示不在乎,什么都可接受)什么都可以;
adj. 無論什么…都;無論怎樣…都;任何…也;
?? what什么+ever究竟→無論什么
"Do whatever seems best to you."
你覺得什么最好,就做什么。
近義:any, whatsoever, whichever, whichsoever, either, anything
remains
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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
adv. 不管到什么程度;無論如何;然而;可是;
conj. 不管怎樣;
?? how + ev =age (年齡,時代) + er [名詞后綴],表示人,行為的主動者,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來.
近義:instead, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, regardless
n. 真理;真相,事實;忠實,忠誠;現實,現實性;
?? tru相信,真實+th抽象名詞 →事實,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. 不大可能是真實的,不大可能的;未必確實的;未必會發生的;非概然;
"It seems improbable that the current situation will continue."
當前的局勢似乎不大可能繼續下去。
近義:imaginary, implausible, unbelievable, uncertain, unlikely, utopical
反義:likely