vestige
vestige 英 [ˈvestɪdʒ] 美 [ˈvɛstɪdʒ]
n. 遗迹；残余；退化的器官
名词复数:vestiges
- A vestige is a trace or reminder of something that has disappeared or is disappearing. A lump of snow with a carrot in it might be the vestige of a snowman.
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- n. 遗迹；残余；退化的器官
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1. And from inside, where something wild, primeval, uncivilized, some vestige of nobody-but-yourself, tells you to just be more authentically human, to fly, to be free.
也来自内部，那些野生的、原始的、不文明的地方和那些只有你自己的遗迹的地方告诉你做更真实的人类去自由飞翔就好。
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2. He said that even though this is an "irrational response" for 21st-century leadership selection, there is a " vestige of evolutionary history" involved in political decisions.
他说，尽管这在21世纪的领导人选拔中是一个“非理性的反应”，但这是有“进化史遗风”的政治决策。
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3. Any attempt to inflict punitive measure on the iron ore miners would likely damage its steelmills, fall foul of international trade regulations or destroy any last vestige of hope for an annual deal.
任何试图对铁矿石厂商实施惩罚性措施的行为将可能给予本国钢铁商造成打击,违反国际贸易监管规则,或碾碎年度协议的最后一丝希望.
- vestige (n.) c. 1600, from French vestige "a mark, trace, sign" (16c.), from Latin vestigium "footprint, trace," a word of unknown origin.
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