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adj.
(形容詞)
- 凄慘的,絕望的 hopeless; of as low quality as possible
- 卑鄙的,下賤的 not having any respect for oneself; not proud or brave
Adjective:
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of the most contemptible kind;
"abject cowardice"
"a low stunt to pull"
"a low-down sneak"
"his miserable treatment of his family"
"You miserable skunk!"
"a scummy rabble"
"a scurvy trick"
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most unfortunate or miserable;
"the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"
"abject poverty"
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showing utter resignation or hopelessness;
"abject surrender"
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showing humiliation or submissiveness;
"an abject apology"
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
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She was not aware that the English habits of comfort attach an idea of abject misery to the idea of a barefootedtraveller.
她不了解到國外人出自愛得勁的日常習慣總把一種赤足的窮游者看作最可笑的人。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
應用于定語
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The old couple lived in abject poverty.
這對老頭子婦性生活赤貧。
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A third of the total population of the world are living in abject poverty.
全當今世界有四分之中的入口過著無比特困的生活水平。
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She screamed in abject terror.
她根據極致的恐慌而尖叫聲起床。
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This led to his abject failure.
這從而導致了他的不敵。
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This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
這類最新政策還有以潰敗而告。
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He is an abject liar.
他一個卑鄙的犯錯者。
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The soldier deserted like an abject coward.
當時軍人像某個丟人的膽怯鬼同樣只開小差。
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Even the most abject slaves joined in the revolt.
連卑賤的女奴隸都注入了造反的行和列。
重復使用表語
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He is almost abject in his respect for his boss.
他對老板娘的遵敬可以說是低三下四。
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He is poor but not abject in his manner.
他窮,但的行為并不卑屈。
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The most abject poverty is preferable to domestic service.
出于: F. Trollope
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The abject heirs of an illustrious name.
來自: Ld Macaulay
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
- in an abject way
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自卑地
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adj. (形容詞)
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abject的基本意思有二,用于生活環境、事物的狀態等時指“凄慘的,糟透的,可憐的,蹩腳的,絕望無助的”,即境況極為惡劣,有時僅指事物本身等級低或規模小;用于人或人的行為、動作時指“卑鄙的,可鄙的,下賤的,自卑的,怯懦的,奴性的,卑躬屈節的”,即地位卑下或奴顏卑膝。abject還可作“被拋棄的,遭拒絕的”解,是廢語。
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abject作“凄慘的,絕望的”解時在句中只用作定語;作“卑鄙的,下賤的”解時在句中多用作定語,偶爾(尤在美語中)也可用作表語。
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abject不用于比較等級,但可用more、most修飾。
adj. (形容詞)
- abject,mean, ignoble,sordid
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- 這組詞都用于指人、人的行為以及人們所處的條件非常低劣、卑下以致失去人類的尊嚴或不符合人類生活、品質的普遍準則的意思,其區別是:
- abject一般指境況極為惡劣,地位卑下或奴顏卑膝,有時僅指事物本身等級低或規模小;sordid強調作風上和思想上的腐化或墮落;mean暗示狠毒、貪婪等為人類社會所不齒的卑鄙、自私的行為或態度;而ignoble則指思想境界或靈魂低下,但通常不含自私、小氣的意思。例如:
- The prostitute wrote a book about her sordid life. 那妓女寫了一本關于自己腐化生活的書。
- How could anyone so mean! 一個人怎么能如此不要臉!
- To betray one's country is ignoble. 叛國是為人所不齒的。
- a mean motive卑鄙的動機
- That was a mean remark.那是帶有惡意的話。
- He is mean over money matters.他在錢的方面很吝嗇。
- It was mean of you to eat all the peaches.你把桃子全吃光了,真不害羞。
- He took mean advantage of me.他用卑鄙的手段欺騙了我。
- an ignoble man卑鄙無恥的人
- an ignoble action卑鄙的行為
- a sorbid practice卑鄙的手法
- sorbid desires低賤的欲望
- He probably had his own sorbid reasons for behaving like that.他那樣做大概也有其卑鄙的理由。
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