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（從上到下的）深（度）
The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downwards from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces.
例句
The smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth...
小一些的湖深度從 5 英尺到 14 英尺不等。
The depth of the shaft is 520 yards...
立井的深度為520碼。
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（從前到后的）深（度）；縱深
The depth of something such as a cupboard or drawer is the distance between its front surface and its back.
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(感情的)深厚，深切
If an emotion is very strongly or intensely felt, you can talk about its depth .
例句
I am well aware of the depth of feeling that exists in Londonderry...
我很清楚存在于倫敦德里市的那種強烈情緒。
'Tough, isn't it?' was all she said, but Amy felt the depth of her unspoken sympathy.
“很艱難，對不對？”她只說了這一句，但埃米感覺到了她未出口的深切同情。
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嚴重性;嚴峻性
The depth of a situation is its extent and seriousness.
例句
The country's leadership had underestimated the depth of the crisis.
該國領導人低估了這場危機的嚴重性。
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(知識等的)淵博
The depth of someone's knowledge is the great amount that they know.
例句
We felt at home with her and were impressed with the depth of her knowledge...
我們與她在一起很自在，而她淵博的知識令我們嘆服。
It makes invaluable reading for anyone who wants to acquire a greater depth of understanding of the subject.
想要對這個問題有更加深入的了解，讀讀它會受益匪淺。
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(顏色的)濃度
The depth of a colour is its intensity and strength.
例句
White wines tend to gain depth of colour with age...
白葡萄酒年頭愈久，顏色愈深。
The blue base gives the red paint more depth.
藍色底色將紅色涂料襯托得愈加濃重。
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(照片、畫作等的)景深
In photography and art, you say that a picture has depth or depth of field when you mean that it appears three-dimensional rather than flat.
例句
All the paintings are startlingly dramatic as a result of their depth of field and colour.
景深和色彩的運用令所有的畫作都展現出令人驚嘆的戲劇性效果。
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深刻;深奧
If you say that someone or something has depth, you mean that they have serious and interesting qualities which are not immediately obvious and which you have to think about carefully before you can fully understand them.
例句
His music lacks depth...
他的音樂缺乏深度。
There are hidden depths in all of us.
我們所有人都有值得認識的深藏部分。
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N-PLURAL
(海洋或陸地的)深處,深淵
The depths are places that are a long way below the surface of the sea or earth.
例句
The ship vanished into the depths.
船消失在了大海深處。
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（某一區域的）深處，腹地
If you talk about the depths of an area, you mean the parts of it which are very far from the edge.
例句
...the depths of the countryside...
鄉村腹地
Somewhere in the depths of the pine forest an identical sound reverberated.
從松林深處傳來一聲回響。
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N-PLURAL
(某一不快感情的)極限
If you are in the depths of an unpleasant emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly.
例句
I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.
孩子生病時我陷入了絕望的深淵之中。
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N-PLURAL
…的中間部分;…最嚴重的時候;…最強烈的時候
If something happens in the depths of a difficult or unpleasant period of time, it happens in the middle and most severe or intense part of it.
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The country is in the depths of a recession.
該國正遭遇最嚴重的經濟衰退。
...the depths of winter.
隆冬時節
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PHRASE
深入地;徹底地;全面地
If you deal with a subject in depth, you deal with it very thoroughly and consider all the aspects of it.
例句
We will discuss these three areas in depth...
我們將深入探討這3個領域。
Their achievements have already been analysed in depth and do not require further discussion.
他們的成就已經全面分析過了，無需再議。
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應付不了;力所不及
If you say that someone is out of their depth, you mean that they are in a situation that is much too difficult for them to be able to cope with it.
例句
Mr Gibson is clearly intellectually out of his depth...
吉布森先生顯然才智不逮。
I'd always struggled at school. I hated it and felt out of my depth.
我上學總是很吃力。我討厭學習，覺得太難了。
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PHRASE
在水深沒頂的地方
If you are out of your depth, you are in water that is deeper than you are tall, with the result that you cannot stand up with your head above water.