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

• 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。
• 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。
• The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
  怕死就未免有些可鄙，有些不光彩了。
• The conditions that these people live in are abject and shocking.
  这些人的生活环境极其悲惨。
• I felt an abject failure.
  我感到失败的悲哀。
• In the old society he was finally reduced to a state of abject poverty.
  旧社会使他最终陷入赤贫的境地。
• 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。
• In China and India, real wage growth has lifted hundreds of millions of 'Proletarians' out of abject poverty.
  在中国和印度，实际工资增长已经使数亿“无产者”摆脱了赤贫状态。
• 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。
• 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。