fathom

fathom

美 [ˈfæðəm] 　英 ['fæðəm]

• v.理解；彻底了解；弄清真相
• n.英寻（测量水深单位，合 6 英尺或 1.8 米）
• 网络噚；推测；捉摸

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Other people may have been content staying at home and not traveling until they were in their 40s, but I could not fathom such a long wait.

很多人满足于在40岁之前留在家里不去旅行，可是我不能理解这种长久的等待。

It's a Who's Who of who earned the most, and how much they are worth that is almost too much to fathom.

这是一份谁赚的钱最多的名人录，而他们的财产多的令人难以相信。

So saying it cannot occur just because the alternative is too bad to fathom, I think, is a bit too easy to say.

所以说它不会发生仅仅是因为抉择太难参透，我想，说说容易而已。

This was all pre-Microsoft Office monopoly, if you can fathom such a time.

如果你读懂了这样一个前微软办公软件时代，便可知道这些就是这个时代的所有垄断软件产品。

The sheer diversity of these bodies' masses, sizes, compositions and orbits challenges those of us trying to fathom their origins.

这些行星具有各式各样的质量、大小、组成与轨道，对于想要探索它们起源的人来说，是极大的挑战。

eg. Their talk is often hard to fathom but their exuberance still comes through.

他们的谈话往往很难懂，但他们的兴奋之情还是显露了出来。

His momentary weakness had vanished with the explanation of a mystery which his own experience had not served to fathom.

他的经验所不能解决的疑团，现在已经得到解释，因而，刚才那种一时的懦弱已经随之消失。

She stops and looks at me with sad eyes, eyes that seem to say that she understands, that she, too, cannot fathom why I am here.

她站及看着我用哀伤的眼睛，眼睛好像说她明白，她也不会明白我为什么在这里。

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。

I spent the night trying to reassure her, and she sent me off the next morning displaying a distinct uneasiness which I could not fathom.

整个晚上我都在安慰她，第二天她带着我无法理解的焦躁不安催我动身。

Each choice is hard, and I expect to work hard to fathom out what seems to me to be good.

每个选择都是艰难的，而我想努力弄清什么东西对我来说是最好的。

" Lead me , follow me , or get out of my way, " Greer says, which is not terribly hard to fathom .

格里尔说：“带领我，跟随我，否则就让开。”这番话不难理解。

The inner workings of North Korea's political leadership and mythmaking have never been easy for the outside world to fathom or confirm.

北韩政治领导权的内部运作和造神运动，外界一直是猜测不透，确认不了。

The words I use to describe my experiences carry with it more power than I can consciously fathom.

我形容自己的经历所使用的字句带有我能意识到的更大的威力。

Finally, a Lingua: : EN: : Fathom object is created, and a wrapped block of text (see Text: : Wrap) is passed to it for analysis.

最后，创建Lingua：：EN：：Fathom对象，并将封装的文本块（请参阅Text：：Wrap）传递给它，供其分析。

This would limit the size of the recession but at the cost of pushing inflation up to 8% by 2013, Fathom estimates.

法腾估计，这将制约衰退的规模，但代价是到2013年将通胀率推高到8%。

The pecking order of winners and losers among the broadcasters will take a while to fathom.

要想透彻了解这些转播商中的胜败得失，得花些时间。

d. When someone does something that you do not understand, try to fathom his or her intentions in the actions.

当某人做了的事情你不理解，试着捉摸他们行为中的意图。

"Twain" is an old-fashioned way of saying "two" and a fathom is six feet.

是「2」的旧式说法，而一噚等于六英尺。

Nobody could fathom why I drew grandma a picture of a graveyard for her 85th birthday.

没有人能理解为什么我给祖母画了一幅坟墓来庆祝她的85岁生日。

Our brains can fathom the beginning of time and the end of the universe, but is any brain capable of understanding itself?

我们的大脑能够洞悉时间的开始和宇宙的终结，但是它能够理解自己吗？

Your questioning eyes are sad. They seem to know my meaning as the moon would fathom the sea.

你的疑问的眼光是含愁的。它要追探了解我的意思，好像月亮探测大海。

Freed from the classification of form, great king, the Tathagata is deep, boundless, hard to fathom, like the ocean.

大王！如来譬如大海，脱离色之测量，甚深、不可测、难计量。

We have been in the enterprise communication as a way of thinking: we are to meet the needs of the moment to fathom what their future needs.

我们一直在企业内传播这样一种思维：我们在满足客户现时需求的同时要能领会他未来的需求。

Indeed, at the core of brain research is the desire to fathom what happens when memory fails and information processing goes awry.

实际上，大脑研究的核心是弄明白，当记忆缺失，信息加工出错时，究竟发生了什么。

I can't fathom how these two nitwits managed to implode in the bottom of the seventh inning.

我实在无法想像这二个笨蛋是怎麽样能在七局下半自爆的！

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。

She stops, wide-eyed again, as if she can't quite fathom what she's saying.

说到这里，她停住了，怒目圆睁，似乎不太明白自己在说什么。

The villagers joked with each other and smiled frequently in a manner I found hard to fathom as they described the horrible events from May.

在谈起5月那场可怕的灾难时，村民互相打趣，不时引发哄笑，这一情景让我难于理解。

For I knew that, although I couldn't begin to fathom the depth of their love, I had been privileged to witness its unmatched beauty.

因为我知道，虽然我不能开始揣测他们的爱有多深，但我有幸亲眼目睹了无与伦比的美丽。

t's hard to fathom just how badly these signature features of the American brand have been discredited.

很难去探究美国品牌的自身特色遭到了多么严重的损害。

To measure the depth of (water), especially by means of a weighted line; fathom.

探测（水域的）深度，尤指利用加重线锤测；用测深绳测量。

The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.

“六”，在表达来自六英尺，使一个难以理解-这是一个稍微超过两米。

The police have been questioning the perpetrator for hours but still can't fathom his motive for the crime.

警方已经审讯罪犯好几个小时，但还是没弄明白他的犯罪动机。

When passing One Fathom Bank, check the depth and variable sand waves below the sea level all the time by echo sounder.

通过一托浅滩时，要一直测深校时水深及海面下多变的沙纹。

(I am) unable to fathom the heart of (my) lover.

却不能测知爱人心情的深浅。

Of course, supporting our textbooks, tapes, carefully listening to pronunciation, intonation fathom readers to follow his speed.

当然是我们教科书配套的音带，仔细听发音，揣摸朗读者的语调，跟随他的语速。

How Breivik stitched together this crazy quilt of ideas and attitudes is hard enough to fathom.

至于布雷维克是如何把这些疯狂的想法和态度缝合成这样是难以琢磨的。

As a teaspoon cannot take the measure of the oceans, so the human mind cannot fathom the mind of God.

正如一只茶匙无法量度海洋有多深，人心也无法测度神的心思意念。

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。