vestige: [17] Vestige comes via French vestige from Latin vestīgium ‘footprint, trace’, a word of uncertain origin. From it was derived vestīgāre ‘track, trace’, which has given English investigate. => investigate
vestige (n.)
c. 1600, from French vestige "a mark, trace, sign" (16c.), from Latin vestigium "footprint, trace," of unknown origin.
实用例句
1. There's not a vestige of truth in the witness's statement.
这个证人的证词没有一丝一毫的真实性.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. No vestige of a change appeared.
没有一点改变.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Tell it quickly, nervously , and without a vestige of self - respect.