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

• In a slum, people live in abject poverty.
  在贫民区，人们可怜地生活在贫穷之中。
• They were living in such abject poverty that they could not even afford the bare necessities.
  他们一贫如洗，连最起码的生活必需品都买不起。
• The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
  怕死就未免有些可鄙，有些不光彩了。
• 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 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 used to love to think that I was his abject slave.
  我过去常常爱把自己想成是他的卑贱的奴仆。
• Although abject poverty, he is no more abject than other people.
  表达的意思是：他虽然很穷，但并不比别人卑下。
• I felt an abject failure.
  我感到失败的悲哀。
• She was not aware that the English habits of comfort attach an idea of abject misery to the idea of a barefooted traveller.
  她不了解英国人出于爱舒服的习惯总把一个赤脚的旅行者看成最可怜的人。
• She only thought how best to make her visit appear to Eustacia not abject but wise.
  她只想，怎么才是最好的方法，能让游苔莎认为她这次的访问令人可佩，而不令人可鄙。