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vestige n.丝毫；遗迹；痕迹；退化的器官 (1) 该报告毫无真实性。(2) 修道院的遗迹已荡然无存。(3) 荒原上一些直立的石块是古老宗教的遗迹。(4) 一切痕迹都被一扫而光。(5) 人类仍有尾巴退化的痕迹。 Vestige derives from the Latin vestigium "footprint," and that is a good way to think of it––footprints in the sand. Sometimes vestige is used to emphasize the complete lack of something. She told me she took the money from my wallet without the least vestige of remorse in her voice or facial expression.

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英 ['vestɪdʒ] 美 ['vestɪdʒ] (1) There is not a vestige of truth in the report.(2) There had not a vestige of the abbey remains.(3) Some upright stones in wild place are the vestige of ancient religion.(4) Every vestige has been swept away.(5) A human being has the vestige of a tail. Vestige is an elegant word. It's all about shadows, and gives us a way to talk about traces or reminders of something that has disappeared or is disappearing. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]残余；残留部分；遗迹 A vestige of something is a very small part that still remains of something that was once much larger or more important.   [usu N of n]  [FORMAL 正式]We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great — hard work.是辛勤劳动成就了这个国家，而我们就是这一品质硕果仅存的代表。

英语单词	vestige
英美音标	英 ['vestɪdʒ] 美 ['vestɪdʒ]
中文释义	n.丝毫；遗迹；痕迹；退化的器官
英语例句	(1) There is not a vestige of truth in the report. (2) There had not a vestige of the abbey remains. (3) Some upright stones in wild place are the vestige of ancient religion. (4) Every vestige has been swept away. (5) A human being has the vestige of a tail.
中文例句	(1) 该报告毫无真实性。 (2) 修道院的遗迹已荡然无存。 (3) 荒原上一些直立的石块是古老宗教的遗迹。 (4) 一切痕迹都被一扫而光。 (5) 人类仍有尾巴退化的痕迹。
vocabulary简明	Vestige is an elegant word. It's all about shadows, and gives us a way to talk about traces or reminders of something that has disappeared or is disappearing.
vocabulary扩展	Vestige derives from the Latin vestigium "footprint," and that is a good way to think of it––footprints in the sand. Sometimes vestige is used to emphasize the complete lack of something. She told me she took the money from my wallet without the least vestige of remorse in her voice or facial expression.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]残余；残留部分；遗迹 A vestige of something is a very small part that still remains of something that was once much larger or more important. [usu N of n] [FORMAL 正式] We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great — hard work. 是辛勤劳动成就了这个国家，而我们就是这一品质硕果仅存的代表。

Vestige 英 Vestɪdʒ] 美 Vestɪdʒ N.丝毫；遗迹；痕迹；退化的器官 Truth Report Abbey