It is animals and plants which lived in or near water whose remains are most likely to be preserved,
只有生活在水中或水边的动植物尸体最有可能被保存下来，
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 26 The past life of the earth
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
remains
[rɪ'menz]
n. 遗骨，遗体，残骸，残余，遗迹;废墟，遗址，遗迹，剩余（物），余额;
v. 留下( remain 的第三人称单数);保持;留待;仍然是;
💡 re向后+mains留下 →剩余物
"Access to the documents remains restricted to civil servants."
这些文件仍仅限公务员使用.
近义：leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, riddlings, rubbish
adj. 可能的;适合的;有希望的;
adv. 可能;或许;大概;多半;
💡 like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近义：inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible
反义：imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
adv. （空间）在近处;在附近;（时间）临近;（程度）几乎;
prep. （表示程度）接近;（表示位置）靠近;（表示时间）将近;接近于（某种状态）;
adj. 近的;亲密的;近似;（亲属关系）近亲;
"Police found fragments of glass near the scene."
警方在现场附近发现了玻璃碎片。
近义：approach, approximate, hither, hithermost, immediate, approximal
反义：isolated, outlying, remote, retired, secluded, separate
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域;
v. 给…浇水;供以水;加水稀释;流泪;
💡 字母W像水的波浪，联想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微风拂动水面.
近义：irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo