fathom GRE专八

an attempt to fathom the ocean.

测量海洋深度的尝试。

fathom with a plumb line

用铅垂线测深

I can't fathom his meaning.

无法领会他的意。

The harbour is four fathoms deep.

港深为四英。

I can’t fathom him.

摸不透他的心。

sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms .

声呐显示们的深度为18英。

I will never really fathom the female psyche.

永远无法真正猜透女性的心理。

I can't fathom what you really meant.

不能领会你的真正用意。

the locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity.

当地人都猜不透他新近暴富的原因。

“It is not for me to attempt to fathom the inscrutable workings of Providence” (Earl of Birkenhead).

“并不想明白上帝神秘工作的义务” （伯克黑德中的厄尔）

Have you fathomed out how to work the video yet?

你弄清楚如何操作录像机了吗？

the occult sciences. Something that isinscrutable cannot be fathomed by means of investigation or scrutiny:

神秘科学。 inscrutable 表示通过检查或观察都无法明白的事物：

for while the "fifty-six" was resting by the way, they were paying out the rope in the vain attempt to fathom their truly immeasurable capacity for marvellousness.

因为，当五十六号在路边休息时，他们把绳子放下水去，要测量它的神奇不测量，结果是徒然。

I can’t fathom her out — she says one thing then does another.

琢磨不透她─她说的是一套，做的又是一套。