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单词 vestige
释义
vestigeves‧tige /ˈvestɪdʒ/ noun [countable] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINvestige
Origin:
1600-1700 French, Latin vestigium ‘footprint, track’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But they stayed to erase every vestige of paganism.
  • I destroyed the last vestiges of that organisation two days back.
  • Often this tag has been applied to the programme, but never, ever, has it held a vestige of truth.
  • So here they are, the last vestiges of a once-proud empire.
  • They often represent the last vestiges of the ancient practice of hacking back the vegetation along well-used tracks.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The new law removed the last vestiges of royal power.
1a small part or amount of something that remains when most of it no longer exists SYN  tracevestige of The new law removed the last vestiges of royal power.2the smallest possible amount of a quality or feelingvestige of There’s not a vestige of truth in the story.
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