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小词详解 | abject
abject 英 [ˈæbdʒekt] 美 [ˈæbdʒekt]
In 1990, 36% of the world's population lived in abject poverty.
1990年,世界上36%的人口生活在赤贫之中。
——《经济学人》In a world where authorities exercise absolute power and demand abject obedience, prisoners are almost always going to be on the losing side, and they know it.
在一个监狱当局行使绝对权力,并要求卑微顺从的世界中,囚犯们几乎总是处在输的一方,他们明白这一点。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (指不好的东西)最大程度地经历或出现
那个毫无经验的人低声下气,急于讨好别人。
The man destitute of experience sounded abject and eager to please.通常,他对老板毕恭毕敬,近乎低三下四。但今天我见他非常暴躁。
Normally, he is almost abject in his respect for his boss. But today I saw him very chafe and fret at every pore.
她拙劣的表演以大败告终。
Her abject performance ended in a fiasco.结果已经证明这项外交政策上的微调彻底失败了。
This slightest nuance of change in foreign policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
At the period of his most abject misery, he had observed that young girls turned round when he passed by, and he fled or hid, with death in his soul.
在他最穷困时,他发现年轻姑娘们见他走过,常把头转过来望他,他连忙避开,或是躲起来,心情万分颓丧。
wretched: (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state miserable: (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable pathetic: arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness