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。
• 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。
• 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；
• He is an abject liar.
  他是一个卑鄙的说谎者。
• 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。
• 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。
• We activate this New Year with abject activity and biconcave optimism.
  我们在信念有余和不敷乐观中，迎来了新的一年。
• 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。
• Even the most abject slaves joined in the revolt.
  连最卑贱的奴隶也加入了叛乱。
• 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；