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You can picture a tape measure pulled out from where you stand: several things sit along it, and furthest is the one at the far end, with nothing beyond it. The measuring is not always in metres — it can be in years, or in how far along a road someone has travelled.
可以想成從你站的地方拉出一條捲尺,路上有好幾個東西,furthest 就是掛在最尾端、後面再也沒有別的那一個。這條捲…更多收起
可以想成從你站的地方拉出一條捲尺,路上有好幾個東西,furthest 就是掛在最尾端、後面再也沒有別的那一個。這條捲尺量的不一定是公尺——也可以是年份(the furthest point in the past),也可以是一條路上走了多遠。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
furthestadj/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/
- 1
superlative form of far: most far
- The furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.
- Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
furthestadv/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/
- 1
superlative form of far: most far
- Of all the children in our school, I can run furthest.
- He lives furthest from the office, so his commute is the longest.
- 2
superlative form of far: most far
- This civilisation was the furthest advanced.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。