| 词汇 | vestige |
| 释义 | vestige noun[ C ] uk /ˈves.tɪdʒ/ us /ˈves.tɪdʒ/ formal a small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past: 残余；遗迹 last vestige ofThese old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.这些旧建筑是殖民历史最后的痕迹。 vestige ofThere is now no vestige of hope that the missing children will be found alive.失踪儿童现在已经毫无生还的希望了。 Synonym trace anatomy specialized a body part that has stopped being used and has almost disappeared: vestige ofThey are vestiges of the Wolffian duct, one of the embryonic structures that precedes the development of the adult generative organs. They are probably vestiges of the episternal bone of the lizards. Synonym rudiment Things remaining (and) all the restidiom balance bastion be leftphrase cremains cutpiece deposit ground redoubt relic remainder remains remnant residual rest throwback time capsule to the dregs unallocated unconsumed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Substances & structures in the body vestige | American Dictionaryvestige noun[ C ] us/ˈves·tɪdʒ/ a small part left from something larger and more important, esp. one that is no longer used: Vestiges of ancient settlements can be seen in the caves. Examples of vestigevestige This makes it remarkable that such structures also appear as the last vestiges of stable behavior, as 'ghosts' of vanished invariant tori. Because vestiges were not considered, the nodal distributions of panicle traits only approximate actual panicle differentiation. Many who accept the former point regard the latter as an implausible vestige of an untenable philosophy of mind. This was because, according to the management, the unskilled workers tended to respond better to foreign bosses, perhaps as a vestige of colonial social relations. Is it a chance vestige of the sequence of events in early mammalian divergence, or it is orchestrated by something deeper? The differentiating criterion is the extension of surface vestiges and the different possible landform transformations. Nevertheless, there are still vestiges of localized interests. Much like a virus, "if the slightest vestige of poison remained in the vessels, it could become a permanent germ of disorder" (117). Here the only vestige of locality is in the "situations and soils" that likely differed according to physical location. Although the engineering firms' lockout resulted in a decisive employer victory, the employers did not attempt to destroy all vestiges of the machinists' union. Most are naked though some maintain the last vestiges of clothing. However, the last vestiges of wartime related problems were solved only in 1989. Owing to the low diffusivity of salt the last vestiges of these instabilities may exist for some time. As the national elite moved to institutionalise its army and consolidate power, the vestiges of nineteenth-century caudillismo disappeared. The documentation reveals much about the use of the remaining vestiges of common lands in the mid-nineteenth century. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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