This may sound like a dumb question, but I'd like to know.
这也许是个愚蠢的问题,但我想知道。
That cat judged the distance before he leapt across the ditch.
猫在越过沟渠以前便判断好其距离了。
The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.