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far-fetched是什么意思

far-fetched

['fɑ:'fetʃt]

adj. 牵强附会的

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英文词源

far-fetched (adj.): also far fetched, farfetched, 1560s, "brought from afar," from far (adv.) + past participle of fetch (v.). An earlier form was far fet (1530s). Figurative sense is from c. 1600.

双语例句

1. The plan is good; the problem is it doesn't go far enough.: 计划不错；问题在于不够深入。

2. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.: 这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。

3. He had wandered to the far end of the room.: 他转到屋子的那一头。

4. "Does it sound like music?" — "I wouldn't go that far.": “这听上去像音乐吗？”——“我可不那样认为。”

5. As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.: 我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。