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abject

英 [ˈæbdʒekt]

美 [ˈæbdʒekt]

adj.  悲惨绝望的; 凄惨的; 下贱的; 卑躬屈节的; 自卑的

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Collins.1 / BNC.18555 / COCA.16479

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 悲惨绝望的;凄惨的
      terrible and without hope
      1. abject poverty/misery/failure
        赤贫;凄惨;惨败
    • 下贱的;卑躬屈节的;自卑的
      without any pride or respect for yourself
      1. an abject apology
        低声下气的道歉

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 凄惨的;糟透的;蹩脚的
      You useabjectto emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
      1. Both of them died in abject poverty...
        他们两人都于穷困潦倒中死去。
      2. This scheme was an abject failure.
        这项计划彻底失败了。
    • ADJ-GRADED 卑躬屈节的;自卑的;怯懦的
      If you describe someone asabject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves.
      1. He sounded abject and eager to please...
        他低声下气,急于讨好别人。
      2. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.
        他转过头看着这个噤若寒蝉的女孩,又重复了一遍他的问题。

    英英释义

    adj

    • showing humiliation or submissiveness
      1. an abject apology
    • of the most contemptible kind
      1. abject cowardice
      2. a low stunt to pull
      3. a low-down sneak
      4. his miserable treatment of his family
      5. You miserable skunk!
      6. a scummy rabble
      7. a scurvy trick
      Synonym:lowlow-downmiserablescummyscurvy
    • most unfortunate or miserable
      1. the most abject slaves joined in the revolt
      2. abject poverty
    • showing utter resignation or hopelessness
      1. abject surrender
      Synonym:unhopeful

    双语例句

    • He sounded abject and eager to please
      他低声下气,急于讨好别人。
    • Both of them died in abject poverty
      他们两人都于穷困潦倒中死去。
    • All ought to refrain form marriage who cannot avoid abject poverty for their children;
      Darwin凡是不能使子女免于贫困的人,都不应该结婚;
    • He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.
      他转过头看着这个噤若寒蝉的女孩,又重复了一遍他的问题。
    • Millions live in abject poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
      数百万人在非洲,亚洲和拉丁美洲一贫如洗。
    • This low abject brood, That fix their seats in mediocrity, Become your servile minds;
      这卑贱的一伙,把他们的位置固定在平庸中,成了你的奴性的心灵;
    • I longed to shut my eyes against these visions, but to my abject horror I could not.
      我渴望闭上眼睛屏蔽掉这些画面,但是我卑微而惊恐地发觉,我无法做到。
    • This scheme was an abject failure.
      这项计划彻底失败了。
    • He has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
      完成了他份内要做的所有工作,怕死就有点儿卑鄙和不光彩了。
    • All the people in the city knew that he was an abject liar.
      这城里所有的人都知道他是个卑鄙的说谎者。