跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第392期

When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

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語音講解

言之有物
1. eliminate verb.
①消除
Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
有了信用卡就用不着攜帶很多現金。
提煉詞鏈兒：XX eliminate the need to do...
XX消除了...的可能=不需要再...了
②淘汰
I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals...
我在400米半決賽中被淘汰。
③排除
If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
如果覺得可能對某種食物或飲料過敏，將其從日常飲食中去除。
2. whatever remains
=no matter what remains
XX remains/ remained 不及物動詞 後不接賓語
拓展：it remains to be seen
It remains to be seen whether the operation was successful.
我們仍要看手術是否成功。
3. however improbable
=no matter how improbable
improbable=im+probable 不可能的
Probably, he didn't catch my meaning.
他可能沒有理解我的意思。

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