 Before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set foot on the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, at least 145 other climbers had tried and failed to reach Earth’s highest point. In 1924 a British team got within 250 metres of the top, but turned back after two members (who may or may not have reached the peak) vanished. 埃德蒙·希拉里和丹增·诺尔盖在1953年踏上珠穆朗玛峰峰顶。在这之前，至少有145名登山者尝试登上这个地球最高点，但都未能成功。1924年，一支英国登山队登至距峰顶不到250米的地方，但在两名队员消失在前方后（未知是否已经登顶），全队掉头下山。 ——《经济学人》 基本释义 If someone or something vanishes, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained. adj. 消失；突然不见 单词vanish里的词根van，来源于拉丁语vanus, 表示 “空的，无效的”。所以，在英语里包含van/vain/vac/void的单词，多与此相关： vanity n. 虚荣心；空虚 vain adj. 徒劳的；无结果的 vacant adj. 空虚的；空的；空缺的 vacation n. 假期 evacuate vt. 疏散，撤退 void adj. 无效的；空的 elapse: When time elapses, it passes.（消逝） disappear: If you say that someone or something disappears, you mean that you can no longer see them, usually because you or they have changed position.（消失） |
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