vestige

英 [ˈvestɪdʒ]

美 [ˈvestɪdʒ]

n.  残留部分; 遗迹; (通常用于否定句)丝毫，一点儿

复数：vestiges　

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牛津词典

noun

• 残留部分；遗迹
  a small part of sth that still exists after the rest of it has stopped existing
  1. the last vestiges of the old colonial regime
     旧殖民制度最后的残余
• （通常用于否定句）丝毫，一点儿
  usually used in negative sentences, to say that not even a small amount of sth exists
  1. There's not a vestige of truth in the rumour.
     这个谣传毫无真实可言。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 残余;残留部分;遗迹
  Avestige ofsomething is a very small part that still remains of something that was once much larger or more important.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an indication that something has been present
  1. there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
  2. a tincture of condescension
  Synonym:tracetinctureshadow

双语例句

• He has not a vestige of evidence for this assertion.
  他没有丝毫证据证明这个论断。
• Just as male nipples are a useless vestige of evolution, so, in their theory, is a majority of our genome.
  他们认为，雄性的乳头只是进化中的一个无用的痕迹，我们的绝大部分基因组也是如此。
• In such a doctrine there is, to my mind, no vestige of comfort or consolation.
  在我看来，这种学说中没有丝毫的安乐和慰藉。
• A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface. Every vestige has been swept away.
  缝隙在表面留下的切痕或刮痕一切痕迹都被一扫而光。
• They will carry on the struggle till their land is rid of the last vestige of imperialism.
  他们要继续斗争，直到把他们国家中一切帝国主义痕迹消除干净。
• Every vestige has been swept away. The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.
  一切痕迹都被一扫而光。该空域用雷达扫描以便发现敌机踪迹。
• His win removed the last vestige of doubt about his abilities.
  他的成功打消了对他能力的最后一丝怀疑。
• Unknowingly, this American was experiencing a vestige of protocol rooted centuries deep in the Japanese culture.
  这位美国女士不知不觉领教了日本几百年来根深蒂固的文化传统。
• Not a vestige of the ancient structure remains.
  古建筑的残迹已荡然无存。
• A human being has the vestige of a tail.
  人类仍有尾巴退化的痕迹。