fathom

verb

1. 理解；彻底了解；弄清真相
   to understand or find an explanation for sth
   1. It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
      丧子之痛是难以体会的。
   2. He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.
      他弄不清这个男人的意思。

noun

1. 英寻（测量水深单位，合6英尺或1.8米）
   a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 6 feet or 1.8 metres
   1. The ship sank in 20 fathoms.
      船沉在水下20英寻处。
   2. She kept her feelings hidden fathoms deep.
      她把感情深深地隐藏在心中。

1. N-COUNT 英寻(度量单位，等于 1.8 米或 6 英尺，用于指水深)
   A fathom is a measurement of 1.8 metres or 6 feet, used when referring to the depth of water.
   1. We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.
      我们驶进海湾，将锚抛进 5 英寻深的水里。
2. VERB 透彻理解;深入了解;弄清…的真相
   If you cannot fathom something, you are unable to understand it, although you think carefully about it.
   1. I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about...
      我真搞不懂斯坦纳在说些什么。
   2. Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.
      杰里米的消极态度令人费解。
   3. Fathom out means the same as fathom .
      fathom out 同 fathom
   4. We're trying to fathom out what's going on...
      我们在尽力搞清楚发生了什么事情。
   5. I'm having difficulty using my video editing equipment and can't fathom out the various connections.
      我不会使用视频编辑设备，而且搞不清各种各样的连接。

1. Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.
   杰里米的消极态度令人费解。
2. Life's path is narrow and men's hearts are hard to fathom.
   世路窄狭，人心叵测。
3. They cannot fathom how much you stand to lose in failure.
   们不会明白你会在失败中失去多少东西，但是你是一件没有瑕疵的作品。
4. They seek to know my meaning as the moon would fathom the sea.
   它要追探了解我的意思，好像月亮探测大海。
5. I just can't fathom out his intention.
   我就是揣摩不透他的意图。
6. This will help you to fathom the problems that may come if you do not perform these check ins.
   这将帮助你量度问题，可到，如果你不履行这些移民局检查。
7. We cannot even begin to fathom the depth of God's love for us.
   我们甚至不能探寻主对我们的爱到底有多深。
8. My Lord knows I try to fathom the rules of it.
   我的主知道我试图弄清楚它的法则。
9. I couldn't fathom how it was that a Christian church had continuously functioned.
   我无法理解它是怎么一个基督教教堂，并不断发挥作用。
10. Can you begin to fathom the humiliation I suffered?
    你想感受一下我被羞辱的痛苦吗？
11. Can you fathom out where he's gone?
    你能猜出他到那儿去了吗？
12. We cannot fathom their thoughts, so all we do is describe their appearance.
    我们不能知道他们的思想，所以我们可以做的是描述他们的行为。
13. And I vow to fathom the Tathagata's true meaning.
    我今见闻得受持，愿解如来真实义。
14. 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。
15. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
    如果我拥有预言的天赋、能够洞悉所有的秘密和知识，还有能够移动高山的信心，却没有爱；我就一无是处。
16. He is grasped through ecstatic love; how can you fathom Him without it?
    他是通过心醉神迷的爱去领悟；你怎么能够不用爱去探索它呢？
17. It is something that we just could not fathom.
    这不仅仅是我我们的推测。
18. Dear Humans can you fathom this?
    亲爱的人类，你们能真正明白这点吗？
19. At this time in her life, she could not fathom such an existence.
    在她生命的此时，她没有能力去理解这样的一种生活。
20. He from whose Whim sprang up the universe, how can intellect fathom His Divinity?
    从他的心血来潮中宇宙腾跃出现，智力怎能测量他的神性？
21. I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
    我的责任比你们能想象到的要重要得多。
22. Can you fathom out his intentions? They're a mystery to me.
    你能弄清他的意图吗？对我来说这是个迷。
23. What you stumbled upon goes deeper than you could fathom.
    你碰着的事比你能理解的深奥。
24. Often do we find that it is much more demanding to fathom a regulation than to utilize it.
    我们常常发现运用一个规律比懂得它要难得多。
25. I could have sworn I left the money on the desk. I can't fathom out where they've got to.
    我可以发誓我是把钱放在书桌上的。我不知道它到哪儿去了。
26. I cannot fathom his remarks.
    我不能完全理解他的话。
27. And it would be different in ways that we can't fathom yet.
    那将是完全不同的方式，我们不能量度。
28. Don't tell me the answer; let me try to fathom it out for myself.
    别把答案告诉我；让我自己把它想出来。

noun

1. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

   Synonym:    fthm

2. a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

   Synonym:    fthm

verb

1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

   Synonym:    sound

2. come to understand

   Synonym:    penetratebottom