abject poverty/misery/failure
赤贫；凄惨；惨败
牛津词典
an abject apology
低声下气的道歉
牛津词典
Both of them died in abject poverty...
他们两人都于穷困潦倒中死去。
This scheme was an abject failure.
这项计划彻底失败了。
He sounded abject and eager to please...
他低声下气，急于讨好别人。
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。
The most abject slaves joined in the revolt.
大多数可怜的奴隶参加了造反.
期刊摘选
He seems to have conceived an abject, unreasoned terror of the Railroad.
他好象对铁路公司抱着一种意气消沉, 不可理喻的恐惧心理.
辞典例句
But in an old man who has known joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
然而老年人已经经历各种欢乐和忧伤, 而且成就了他力所能及的一切工作,就他来讲, 怕死就有些低贱而卑鄙了.
《用法词典》
His mother was his abject slave.
他的母亲是他可怜的奴隶.
期刊摘选
This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
这一政策最后以惨败而告终.
《简明英汉词典》
And for Israel to gain nothing from its fight would be an abject humiliation.
并且对以色列来说,从战争中一无所获是奇耻大辱.
期刊摘选
But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
然而,作为一个老年人,他经历过人生的欢乐和忧伤, 而且完成了他份内要做的一切工作, 怕死就有点儿卑鄙和不光彩了.
《用法词典》
He is poor but not abject in his manner.
他人虽清贫,但举止并不下作.
《用法词典》
What an abject performance!
多么卑劣的行为!
《简明英汉词典》
He is an abject liar.
他是个卑鄙的说谎者.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Our company is mainly in the land of exporting Chinese art abject to European market.
我们公司主要出口中国工艺品到欧洲市场.
期刊摘选
The attempt ended in abject failure.
这一尝试以不光彩的失败告终.
《简明英汉词典》
He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr. Alleyne for his impertinence.
他将不得不低声下气,为他的傲慢举动向艾莱恩先生请罪.
辞典例句
Poe never became abject , like Oscar Wilde.
珀从来没有象奥斯卡·王尔德那么厚颜无耻.
辞典例句
Its result is an abject conviction that everything is futile.
其后果是产生一种怯懦的想法,认为一切均是徒劳.
期刊摘选
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.
期刊摘选
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.
辞典例句
The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.
一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的.
《简明英汉词典》
Militarily, strategically, politically and diplomatically it has been an abject failure on its own terms.
无论从军事上, 战略上, 政治上还是外交上来说,这场战争就其自身而言是彻底失败了.
期刊摘选
Abandonment in Bible study is the complete, abject surrender of your lives to God.
委身于圣经研究就是把你们的生活完全地 、 卑屈地降服于神.
期刊摘选
From the abject condition of being a naked savage, man has risen to command the earth.
人类从赤身裸体野蛮人的悲惨境况中解脱出来, 已经能够跃升到支配地球.
辞典例句
Rise, and don't degrade youself into an abject reptile.
起来, 可别把你自己贬成一个下贱的爬虫.
辞典例句
The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
怕死就未免有些可鄙、有些不光彩了.
辞典例句
"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"
"the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"
"abject poverty"
"abject surrender"
"an abject apology"
