abyss

英 [əˈbɪs]

美 [əˈbɪs]

n.  深渊

复数：abysses　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14950 / COCA.11847

牛津词典

noun

• 深渊
  a very deep wide space or hole that seems to have no bottom
  1. Ahead of them was a gaping abyss.
     他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
  2. an abyss of ignorance/despair/loneliness
     无知到极点；彻底绝望；无尽的孤寂
  3. The country is stepping back from the edge of an abyss.
     该国临渊而退。

柯林斯词典

• 深渊
  Anabyssis a very deep hole in the ground.
• N-COUNT 险恶的境地
  If someone is on the edge or brink of anabyss, they are about to enter into a very frightening or threatening situation.
  1. He felt he was on the edge of an abyss; one false move and he was done for...
     他觉得如临深渊，一步不慎便会永劫不复。
  2. The country was on the brink of an abyss.
     国家岌岌可危。
• N-COUNT 极大的差异；鸿沟
  A very great difference between two people, things, or groups can be referred to as anabyss.
  1. How big is the abyss between what you think you are and what you actually are?
     你对自己的认识和真实的你之间差别到底有多大？

英英释义

noun

• a bottomless gulf or pit
  Synonym:abysm

双语例句

• Holmes finally chose to die together with him, along with a waterfall and fell, plunged into the abyss.
  福尔摩斯最后选择了跟他同归于尽，一起掉到了瀑布下，坠入了万丈深渊。
• He felt he was on the edge of an abyss; one false move and he was done for
  他觉得如临深渊，一步不慎便会永劫不复。
• That is plunging the world into an abyss of conflicts.
  使世界陷入了冲突的深渊。
• All suffering is an abyss.
  所有的苦难是一个深渊。
• The analogy of opposites is the relations of light to shadow, peak to abyss, fullness to void.
  相对物的类推，就是光对影，巅峰对深渊，满对虚的关系。
• He was plunged into an abyss of despair.
  他栽进了绝望的深渊。
• If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.& F.Nietzsche.
  如果你长时间凝视深渊，深渊反过来也会凝视你。
• Please do not fall into the abyss.
  请不要走向深渊和坠落。
• I've entered the abyss and never returned.
  我进入了深渊，再也没回来。
• Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!
  只要别把我撇在这个深渊里，这儿我找不到你！